Sarah Appleton - Textile Artist Blog

The finished thang! Hi there Zoonies! I embroidered this white pillowcase about forever ago and then it gradually started to disintigrate after some hardcore sleeping hours. And washing machine tumbles (my lawyer said I should put that in there). I didn't want to waste my many hours of glaborious work so I decided to save the important pieces and re-attach them to something else. BUT WHAT?! I know! Another boring old  pillowcase of course!!! So I did. Boring ol' thang! I left the edges all raw because I am lazy I really dig that look and sometimes I like to have something to chew on while I'm sleeping. Aaand I used a co-ordinating / similarly themed fabric I had leftover from another project for a panel. Then I just added some lace for that extra fancy touch. Now I have a trio of exotic Mexican themed pillowcases! The patterns are from Sublime Stitching's Dia De Los Muertos and Lucha Libre sheets.

I have finally finished this pillow case I've been working on for actual years. I used the Sublime Stitching Lucha Libre  patterns to make it. Even though the colours are kind of weird together I really love it! Because being normal is boring. Click for the deets: Pretty neat job I think! I love the super tiny stitching on the words, like little tiny fairy lights, aww! I don't know why the only things I ever make are pillowcases and pyjamas seeing as I never sleep! Boom!

My friend Sally just landed herself her dream job as a librarian! Then it was her 25th birthday and next month she's moving home, so I decided to try and make her a combined gift for all of the awesome things that are about to happen to her! This is what I came up with - embroidered pillowcases! Had I had as much time as I would have liked I probably would have added a few more books on. Anyway, I love how they turned out. I used the Sublime Stitching Sexy Librarians sheet. Sally used to have pink and green hair until she got a 'real' job so I thought it would be a nice touch for these little ladies to have the same! Details, details, details: And that's about all I have to say about that!