Practical Simplicity ~ For His Glory

Heirloom Pillow Cases

Hello everybody! I thought that this week I would share a couple pictures of some of my heirloom pillow cases that I have in my hope chest, and some I even am using now!

Pillow Case 1 :     

This Pillow case above I hand embroidered about 3 to 4 years ago, and have made some for friends as a wonderful gift for Birthdays!  This was very simple and easy to make, and will after a few generations become it’s own heirloom! I made a pink one as well and I use both of these!

Pillow Case 2 :        

This Pillow case my Grandmother who taught me how to sew made this for me when I was about 7 or 8 years old and I was still using it  till I put it in my hope chest about a week ago!

*Tip*I use my pillow cases to put quilts in, or sandwich breakables between blankets/quilts and put them in pillow cases to keep them from breaking!  It also makes your hope chest more organized as well if you are like me and cannot stand to see disorder in your hope chest!  I have known to be the “Clean Freak” of the house! *blush*

Pillow Case 3 :      

This pillow case was my great grandmothers and was in pretty bad shape as it was turning yellow from age, but thanks to my mom’s special cleaning mixture (which I will be posting about next week), I was able to turn it from terrible to fabulous!  I have 2 of these, one to use, and one in my hope chest!

I hope that this encourages you to store pillow cases whether they are hand made, or ones you find at the thrift store, you can do so many things with a pillow case!

Here is a post that the Long ladies did last week on how to make a cute pleated skirt :

http://mariemadelinestudio.typepad.com/mariemadeline_studio/2010/01/the-most-adorable-little-pleated-skirt-tutorial-ever.html

You can easily make this lovely skirt with a pillow case!

May the Lord bless you and keep you!

Love in Christ,

Miss Antoinette

Filed under: miscellaneous, Practical, Random, sewing on January 26th, 2010