For Emily
Hi Quilters, well I didn’t want to make this but it’s now done so I’m glad to be through. Emily asked in March when I made my granddaughter and my sister’s if I would make one so she could give her friend for Christmas 2024. I said yes bc I had plenty time to make it ahead. Little did I know, right? First she told me she wanted the pictures of their cow, bulldozer etc printed on fabric. She just knew she could get another friend to do that. So I waited all summer. Once in a while I’d mention I’d like to start. Well then she says she also wanted a deer, a flag, a rabbit, blueberries, LSU , squirrel, daffodils etc. I stressed to her everything had to be small bc the pillow might be 18 inches but the state Applique wasn’t. So about 2 weeks ago I asked her could I go ahead and make RoAnn’s pillow. She then sent me directions how to print pictures on fabric! I told her I don’t even have a printer. Then she said she needed to mail me the blueberry piece . It took a week to receive. So yesterday I pieced everything she sent and sent her a photo asking her if it looked ok so I could put the heat and bond and cut out the state. I hadn’t put the daffodils. I didn’t forget. I just didn’t want them in, nor did I want the toy bulldozer but I took the piece out and added the yellow daffodil. She hadn’t seen it but I will give it to her tomorrow. Oh and she asked me AFTER the piecing what I thought about it. I hedge around saying I didn’t have to like it, it was hers to like. She said well what do you not like about it?.. Oh goodness , I told her. I said for one I didn’t like the toy bulldozer nor the night yellow daffodils in with the colors. I didn’t mention the LSU colors or the rest, but I hurried up and said I knew why she wanted them in and they would realize too bc those things mean something to them. She then said, well I like it now so I breathed a sigh of relief and ironed the heat and bond so no turning back or ripping pieces off now. I embroidered the word home on my embroidery machine. After I fused the state on I stitch around the outer edges 4 times. A straight stitch, 2 different size zigzag before a final satin stitch. I then sandwiched it for quilting and straight stitched around the state and the word home, before meandering around. I just meandered the back piece, added a zipper at the bottom seam and finished the pillow cover.
Why is it when you’ve already stated you don’t take in sewing, you don’t sew for the public, your friends still expect you to make for them bc they want it? I love to sew. I love to quilt. However, I love to make things ‘I’ want to make, something I like when I’m done. I’m a pushover I guess. My neighbor also has it in her head that I’m to make her great grandchild a baby quilt. So I told her to chose the pattern, her to get the fabrics and not wait till the last week. Baby is due April so I reminded her last week the shower will probably be in February. The holidays are coming up too. Do we will see how this goes. Anyway here is the quilted, appliquéd and embroidered pillow cover. …oh when I was telling my sister all this and how the toy bulldozer and yellow pc stuck out like a sore thumb, she told me the yellow daffodil shape looks more like a broken chicken leg! That really made my day! ( sarcasm)