This is something I have been wanting to do for a while. Craft Hope is an online organization that collects handmade goods for charity. Every few months they have a new project and this month is pillowcases for ConKerr Cancer. ConKerr Cancer is a volunteer group that makes fun, colorful pillowcases for sick children in the hospital. This is the first project I have tried with Craft hope and I am pretty excited!
These are the fabrics I picked out, enough for one boy pillowcase and one girl. I worked on this project a lot today, but I am not quite finished. I will have pictures of the finished products next post for sure. I am still getting moved into my new apartment, so I had to unpack my sewing machine and get my crafting area set up.
Yes, that is an M&M alarm clock, which I found while unpacking! Hopefully it will help me keep track of the time when I am getting too involved in a project to remember to eat dinner! I also have a boom box, and had to check out the Baltimore radio stations today. After trying Christian Rock, Spanish music, and Heavy Metal, I found a Light Rock station, which was playing flashback to the 70's. I think I need to keep looking for the right station, but today it was the 70's.
So Christmas is not for a while, and I am not one of those people who has their Christmas shopping done by September, but this is one idea I just had to try! Last year I spent WAY too much on gifts, and now with my new skills, I plan on making the gifts I give a little more personal, and a little more crocheted. I thought this design would be perfect for pictures of Bailey's first Christmas! Bear with me here, I am not a mom, nor do I have access to models or mannequins. I do, however, have my very own German collector doll, which I found at a thrift store. I call her Cordelia. She models my hats so that I have some idea if they would fit a child size head.
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