FREDERIKA

Source: ikea.com via Lydia on Pinterest

This is Frederika, she is Swedish, and she lives all around the world in IKEA. When I first met her, I loved her right away, she's so cheerful and happy and colorful. I had to take her home. And I did. I sewed up every little piece of her, I couldn't let the tiniest strip go to waste. From only 2 meters she gave us tons of pillow joy.

This is a large cover that is stuffed with 3 old couch back pillows.

It has an opening on the side so I can take it off for washing. It's basically made like a regular pillowcase, just with the opening on the long side, and than divided into 3 equal parts.

with the leftovers I made 2 cushions for little chairs...

I love how the large print works on the little square.

and the leftovers from that became little pillows - I mean doll size.

I like how the round one turned out. And some members of the family love the pillow fight quality of these.

Dandelions for Denise

I have a friend Denise who is very dear to me. I am grateful to her because she taught me embroidery, but much more than this she prays for me and encourages me to pursue my creative goal. I can really dream a lot and my mind is spinning constantly about ideas. I can start a hundred projects but to finish them is the real challenge. Well Denise helped me to keep going and finishing stuff. So she deserves some Dandelions. I almost had it wrapped when I remembered to snap a few shots.

 Dandelion notebook cover. Hand embroidery on felt.

 accompanied by a simple drawn Dandelion card.