Another challenging pillow slip for me..............I made the one & it was liked so well I was asked to make another for a upcoming birthday. This time I tried to put the name the other way round so that it faces the outside of the pillow. If you look closely @ #1 you can see the seam allowance already there & the reason for this..... I sewed it on backwards! Yup the lettering was on the inside of the case & not the outside. Sigh.........Good thing I got a new stitch ripper for Christmas. So a good tip to remember if your making one of these is to place the finished lettering upside down & then layer your fabrics. Even with my placement down pat & came really close to cutting the top of the crown off with my seam allowance, one more thing to remember if making one of these with redwork in the background don't add the wss till AFTER you stitch it out otherwise like me you will have to pick it out of all those tiny places, good thing I have my handy tweezers. A challenging case for me but I did learn a lot (I just hope that I remember it next time lol) @least I figured out that the fabric had to go upside down in order to get the right placement for it as shown in #3. I am glad it is finally done lol
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66014I like to think of mistakes as learning opportunities. I learned a lot from your post. It really is a nice project!
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by pldc
18 Feb 2015
lol I am glad I could prevent you from making the same mistakes I did. & thanks for saying that too made me feel better about my mistakes lol
336416079We do learn from our mistakes don't we, at least sometimes I do. LOL After making the same mistake twice I have pretty much learned my lesson./ This looks fantastic/Lillian
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145791Beautifully done. Mistakes help us to be able to figure out things on other projects that we wouldn't even think about, so there will be one less mistake on something else that you do. I have made many of them, believe me I know. :)
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716611867Your pillow case is beautiful, it is the results that matter, the hard work made it even more special.
Greeting, Roberta
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by pldc
18 Feb 2015
thanks Roberta, she will never know nor I think care lol she will be happy with her new case & that's what matters in the end. ~hugs~
900918104Oh! wow, isn't this just so pretty? Lila will love this. Well done, love Chris
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234475you have done well, its always tricky with pillow slips ,and sheets
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23581In future, do like you did on the other one and write the name with a Frixion pen, then you know which way it should be.
Jerri
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by pldc
17 Feb 2015
I did that too but didn't realize that I had it upside down until I pulled the sausage out.. Hopefully better next time you know what they say: Third times the charm lol
by noah
17 Feb 2015
Whats a frixion pen ?/one were it disappears??Never heard that word before??(i am a bush whacker you know) lol
30656It turned out great.
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by pldc
17 Feb 2015
thanks Lynn, It is pretty sweet & she will be 4 so I'm sure she will like it. ~hugs~
51302I'm glad you kept working at it. It looks great.
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by pldc
17 Feb 2015
There was a moment when I thought mmm maybe I should just chuck it.........then I realized I almost had it all turned out again so I just kept going & surprised myself that I didn't throw it out lol! thanks Karen ~hugs~
169063Wow all that work for a name ??Lol
I don't do it that way !!But i love it and so will Lila and her Mother hugs
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by pldc
17 Feb 2015
you mean there is an easier way? you mean your holding out on me..............Please tell me ~hugs~
36063823577Love this, Loralye......the crown is so pretty and so is the fabric......love how the dot above the i looks like a jewel.......
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by pldc
edited 17 Feb 2015
thanks Vicki, it was a challenge lol I actually made that & it is supposed to be a heart ~hugs~
261162Beautiful job...I love the crown with the name across it, too!
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by pldc
17 Feb 2015
Thank you Kim. the font I used is the Aka Dora font. except I made the wee heart~hugs~
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