Kid's Cute Pillow Cases

My little one brings along a pillow for nap time at preschool.  Having bought some cute fabric previously which was sitting pretty in my cupboard for ages, I finally dusted them off and made some new pillow cases for him.  The little one saw the whole process of measuring, cutting and sewing and was absolutely thrilled to see the final product, insisting that he had to show his teacher the next school day =)

Here's the blue one:

Cute blue ducky pillow case

and here's the yellow one:

Cute yellow ducky pillow case

With these cute pillow cases, I wonder why on earth I spent more than $10 per pillow case a few years back...... hmmmmm.....

New Cover for Old Chair

Look at this fake leather chair:

Old Fake Leather Chair

See that grey patch in the bottom left corner??  It started off with a tiny piece of the fake black leather peeling off..... then more and more of it came off..... eeeeks!!

An appointment was made with a friend to visit Chinatown for some fabric shopping, and hey, the fabric that I previously used for cushion covers was soooooo much cheaper (less than 1/2 the price which I bought it for last time!!).  Happily bought way more than necessary and carried my stash home =)

I've never done any chair upholstery nor chair covers before, so lots of it was through trial and error.  After lots of breaking down (in my mind) the different parts of the chair, plus lots and lost of measuring and cutting..... here's the final product:

Chair with new look

My first reaction - IT FITS!!!  The sides of the seat area was a little floppy, but nothing serious enough for me to throw the whole thing away.  The cover is secured to the chair by velcro at the bottom, so it stays where its supposed to stay while we move around on it.  When it gets dirty, I'll just need to remove it and give it a good wash.  What do you think of it?

Happy Day!!

Yesterday was a happy happy day!!  My fabric box pictorial tutorial was featured on 2 lovely sites:

1) And Sew We Craft
2) Totally Tutorials

Thanks!! This really made my day =)

First Giveaway - Results

My first giveaway to celebrate 5000 page views closed about 22 hours ago.  Thanks to Agy and Soraya for participating!!  Here are the results using a random number generator from Random.org:

1) Agy
2) Soraya

Congratulations to Agy!!  I'll be contacting you soon =)