Scrappy Aloha

Daughter: I bought two 24” throw pillow inserts. Could you make me some covers? I’d like any combination of cream, yellow, and/or dusty blue.

Me: Can do!

Creative process:
💛 Ugh, aloha shirts and even muumuus don’t have enough fabric for two matching pillow covers of this size.
💛 Weeks of thrifting to find inspiration without luck.
💛 Find lovely organic cotton blanket in a warm cream. Okay, not my normal medium but meets her request.
💛 Make pillow cover. Nice.
💛 Oooo, let’s try weaving and sewing strips of the blanket together to make a matching bowl.
💛 Put off making second cover because it just isn’t as fun for me as working with aloha prints.
💛 Learn to add zipper opening to pillow covers instead of the envelope opening I have been using because it makes both sides of the cover useful. Make a couple covers not for my daughter.
💛 Decide scrapping together strips of fabrics is a great way to make new fabrics. Make a couple covers not for my daughter.
💛 Realize I may have enough scraps in daughter’s color preferences to make pillows with blanket on one side and aloha print on the other using my two new techniques.
💛 Fricken’ love the results. Quickly make two covers.
💛 Have leftover strips so make her dog a matching collar and bandanna.
💛 Have still a wee bit left so make her a matching scrunchie.
💛 Realize no care package from mom is complete without li hing strawberry belts.
💛 Final step, find a box for this stuff and make my way to the post office. My least favorite part. Wish me luck!