...is the pansy. I've made more blocks for my one day queen-sized quilt. Hmmmm...I think I need more dark purple and a place for the eyes to rest. Busy, busy, busy.
I won a sharp crochet hook some time ago from a giveaway on Amy's Sew Incredibly Crazy blog and along with some variegated purple/green crochet cotton, a vintage pillowcase stamp I inherited and a book on edgings from the thrift store...
...I decided to make some pillowcases to go with the someday pansy quilt. The sharp crochet hook easily went through the pillowcase dots I marked every 1/4 inch to make the foundation stitches and then I changed to a size 6 crochet hook to finish the edging. I wish I had taken a better photo of the edging. It must have flipped up during the photo shoot. Embroidery is stitched with 3 strands of DMC embroidery thread.
Linking up with Slow Stitching Sunday at Kathy's Quilts. She has some links to hand quilting inspiration this week that I'm going to review when I get the chance. Heaven knows I need help with my hand quilting and I don't know anyone personally that can teach me.
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I used to crochet a lot of doilies and always wanted to try attaching edges to cotton fabric, as on a pillow case. I may try this on my bed sheet, they don't seem to make them long enough anymore, so adding some quilt blocks or some embroidery and some crocheted edging is a wonderful solution.
Pretty pillowcases! My aunt used to edge pillowcases in this way...I still have a couple of them. Thanks for linking up!
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