Grace made this pillow (with a little help) as a special wedding gift.  It matches the quilt that I made them for their wedding. This project provided more practice and repetition (much needed at this age) in pinning, sewing straight, turning corners and backstitching. Her favorite part, though, was stuffing the pillow!

We made the pillow cover a bit larger than I normally would, so it would be loose
enough that she could do the hand stitching on one end.  This turned out well enough that she's going to enter it in the fair!

As for me, I'm off to Portland with dh for some major fabric shopping. I was most disappointed to find that Daisy Kingdom no longer has their retail store. I used to be able to buy their pre-made dresses for my daughter there for only $20 (Less than what you could make them for!) and wanted to get some for Grace.

I am finishing up a quilting techniques book as well as a western sewing book and am eager to find some good, high-quality fabrics to make the sample projects! Our little town is a bit limited when it comes to fabric selection.

Happy Sewing!

JoAnn Gagnon

www.BunkhouseSewing.com