My very 1st pillow cover

Looks like Sweetie #2 found the yellow morning sunshine :) 

I sewed my very first pillow cover a few days ago. The easiest kind - an envelope back. It's the light blue one with lime green circle. I tried using Sweetie #1's pastel dye sticks but it was an absolute no go. I couldn't get a solid colour and it kept clumping so I used acrylic paint instead. A bit stiff but this is just an experiment anyway. And it actually turned out not too bad.

I got the quilt from a second-hand store that was closing down :(

Zzzzz...

Putting the baby quilt to good use. Learnt a lot from this tutorial on youtube. You can check out part 2, part 3 and part 4 and make your own baby quilt from scratch. I thought it would be easier to do a free form pattern but, boy, was I wrong. Plus, I couldn't figure out how to do the binding but I'm fine with the way it turned out and Sweetie #2 has no complaints :)

My very 1st quilt

Made a baby quilt blanket  from an old bedsheet and pillow case for Sweetie #2. Thought I'd start with something small but it still took me a couple of months to finish. I guess with a new baby everything takes way longer. Plus, I don't have a sewing machine. That's Sweetie #1's hand in the picture swinging a candy thingy in an attempt to distract me.

 

With our hot weather all year round there was no point in making it any thicker so I used my dad's old sarong for the other side and sewed running stitch along the edge and along the white panels to add some accents.