Vintage Chenille Pillow Covers

Here's my latest pillow cover repurposed from a vintage chenille baby blanket. The little bear background chenille is pretty worn, but he was too cute not to use for something! I double lined the pillow cover with the vintage chenille to make it feel thicker. The back is of the same material.




This pillow cover was repurposed from a vintage chenille bedspread. I was able to use part of the fringe from the original end of the bedspread too. Turned out cute. These vintage chenille pillow covers have been a big hit at my markets! Glad you all enjoy them...

Sunbonnet Sue Vintage Pillowcase Dress

I named this vintage pillowcase dress Sunbonnet Sue. Just so fitting. I repurposed this pillowcase into a little girl's dress. Someone has hand embroidered this little darling. So adorable!

I've included a close up photo so you can see the embroidery. Wish I had time to do embroidery projects like this...

Stuffed Chenille and Vintage Fabric Bunnies

Here's my first attempt at making stuffed bunnies...one in vintage pink chenille with button eyes and one in blue and pink vintage fabric. I just love this fabric! I ended up taking off the button eyes and hand embroidered on the eyes instead. I worried about the choking hazard of button eyes if given to a youngster. Glad I did as I sold it today to someone who is giving it as a gift to a 2 year old! Next I'm making vintage chenille teddy bears... So fun!

First Fridays at the Fountains Event

I'm so excited to be part of the upcoming summer street fair event First Fridays at the Fountains in Roseville, CA! In the past it has been a well attended venue. I haven't done a night time event yet, so wish me luck! Here's all the details:

First Fridays at Fountains in Roseville, CA. Runs from May through September on the first Friday night of each month from 6:00pm - 10:00pm at the Fountains, a beautiful European style outdoor mall with upscale stores and lovely fountains. First Fridays is a Street Fair that features artisans, crafters, music, a Kids Zone with free activities, Motor Sports Image Group Corvette car club and a beer and wine garden at The Counter. San Francisco street performer “Silverman" will also appear at May’s First Friday as well as other engagements throughout the summer.

Snow Storm

My Bunco pals and I rented a big beautiful cabin at Donner Lake for the weekend. We all attempted to travel up I80 yesterday afternoon only to be caught in the big snow storm. There was a 45 car pile up near Baxter and haz mat was called in for a truck spill. Five friends that left about and hour before I did ended up in a grid lock on the freeway for five hours before being turned back. Kim and I, in the second car, only made it up to Colfax before being turned back - took us three hours in total to go only approximately 30 miles. Cal Trans closed the freeway. We got snow down to Auburn which is pretty rare! Wish I had taken my camera to show the amounts of snow we were dealing with. So pretty but so scary. We all are grateful to be home safely. The nice owners of the cabin are allowing us to reschedule our trip too! So we'll go in a month or two when there is no chance of snow so we can enjoy the lovely deck over looking the lake.

Here's to wishing you all a safe, wonderful weekend.