Monogram Pillowcases

I cranked up the embroidery machine this afternoon to monogram these organic cotton pillowcases for my mother-in-law.  I haven’t been very interested in machine embroidery lately, but it always makes a nice gift.

Pintuck Pillows

There’s something going on with me lately that makes me want to sew repetitive lines.  May need psychoanalysis.  Anyway, I made these pillows from washed silk.  I had some silk remnants, washed them on cold and let them air dry, which gives the silk a wrinkled look.  These pillows use pintucks to create a tailored, …

Drawing Room Pillows

I finally made some pillows with this Drawing Room fabric from the talented fabric designer Anna Maria Horner.  Here are the four pillows, front and back.  They could have used some piping, but I just wanted to get them done.  Just in time for spring…er…fall.  Oh well.

Yvestown Pillows

Lovely letter pillows from Yvestown.  She’s now also selling the beautiful and hard-to-find Paumes books, so check out those too.

Some New Pillows

There’s no point in getting new furniture around here because it will only get over-loved by the kids, so I decided to make some new throw pillows. I wanted to find fabric that would lend itself well to a patchwork pillow design so I went with this Marimekko fabric from Reprodepot. Seems that it’s longer …