I hope everyone is having a great week so far. Upon moving to the states I discovered a new craft store called Jo-ann's. Apart from the standard arts & crafts supplies, it sells fabric too (one of my many new addictions). My favorite part of Jo-ann's are the clearance fabric bins. These bins usually contain discontinued or remnant fabric pieces. I always have a great time browsing through the bins hoping to find something useful. The fabric rolls are really a hit or miss and luckily I've been able to find really beautiful neutral pieces. Although I love looking at fabric, I have a confession to make. I don't know how to sew (lol). Luckily Mr C brought over his mom's sewing machine... my new favorite toy. Being a lab geek, I decided to be adventurous and just read the sewing machine manual because after all it's just like an SOP right? After some reading and practicing on an old shirt, I set out to sew my first project. I decided to use my fabric to make a pillow case cover for a used pillow that Mr C no longer wanted. I decided the case needed to fit a pillow folded in half so I had to make the cover a box instead of the typical flat pillow case. After some measurements and some sewing machine malfunctions, I ended up with the pillow case below! Don't you just love the colors? I'm really digging grey right now. It's so pretty and I can now understand why people love the color ;) I used velvet for the front, a dotted grey fabric for the sides and a pop of green for the back. I think it came out pretty well for my first attempt. This just proves you can do anything :D Now I just need to go back to Jo-ann's for some more fabric.
Love,
Janet
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