I love thrift store shopping! I rarely find whatever I am looking for, but I find other treasures. ;-)
Last week Heather, on the Vintage Sheet Blog showed
some ideas for using vintage sheets in your home.
I loved the very first photo! So a-thrifting I went! LOL
I altered the pillowcases I found to use as quilt top covers.
I have a small stack of tops that need quilting~ and I thought hanging would be better than stacking. So I sewed buttonholes to the tops of the cases so a hanger could fit through.
Whoohoo! Tops neat and tidy. With their backings hanging with them. :-)
One pillowcase I found was longer~ for those body pillows and it was exactly a print my DD would like. So I put a buttonhole in the top of it for a garment bag for her. Much better than having those plastic cleaners bags in your closet! :-)
Can you see the buttonhole? My thought was that by doing it this way, they could always be
used as pillowcases again should a need arise. :-)
DD's is getting put up for Christmas. The first project in my Christmas Through the Year basket. Yay!
Kim, at Lily Patch Quilts will be the hostess this year, so I'll be linking to her later in the month. Maybe I can go thrifting and find another case for DD before the end of the month. ;-)
I hope you are finding inspiration around you too!
Until next time~
Happy stitching!!
