Birthday Gift

I love making pillowcases.  They're instant gratification.  Over the weekend, I made this one for my little granddaughter who just turned 3.  She's crazy about pink, so of course that's what color it had to be.  I stuffed it with an inexpensive pillow from the discount store and she loved it.  A girl can't have too many pillows.  : )

There's a great tutorial here (choose the AllPeopleQuilt link for a PDF).  Fabrics used available here and here. 

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Birthday Doll Bed

Last weekend was my granddaughter's 2nd birthday.  My husband and I decided that she needed a special dolly bed.  We ordered the wooden bed as a kit on eBay, put it together, painted and embellished it with stickers.  I went to work on making the mattress, quilt and pillow (complete with pillowcase). 

I filled the "mattress" with 4 layers of poly batting and tufted it with some zigzag stitches in the middle.  For the quilt, I used 3 1/2" squares of green and white fabrics, with flannel for the batting, and tied it with pink embroidery floss.  I added a little pillow with a pillowcase. 

I think she liked it.  : )

Materials used:
Wood doll bed kit - eBay
Pink and green fabrics - Pam Kitty Love by Lakehouse
White fabric - Moda Muslin Mate - Swirls

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