Embroidered Birthday Pillowcases

Zack's grandma sent us some pillowcases embroidered for our birth months:

She had previously sent us embroidered animal pillowcases.

Embroidered Animal Pillow Cases

Last Christmas, Zack's grandma sent us these cute little embroidered pillow cases:

A cat for me and a dog for Zack, perfect!

Then, while cleaning out my craft stash, I found this bird pillow case I'd made and I thought I'd feature them all together:

Flowered Doll Blanket

I embroidered these flowers over 15 years ago, and I just now got around to turning this project into something useful. Originally it was a doll blanket, but I had just hemmed the edges, so the back looked unfinished. I was too old to actually use it for its intended purpose it when I made it. Then last year my mom rescued my American Girl doll from the closet of my childhood bedroom and gave it to the daughter of one of her friends. I pulled this project out of a box and decided to turn it into a more usable blanket for her. I added some quilt batting and some lavender fabric for the back that matches the lavender ribbon on the front and stitched around the edges with lavender thread. See this post for detailed pictures of of the flowers.

Finished size: 16" x 19"

Ribbon Embroidery

I saw this idea in a magazine and had to try it. Of course I tried it with the regular ribbon I had on hand, not the special embroidery ribbon, so it was quite a feat to tug the ribbon through the fabric. I do love the results however. At some point I did buy some embroidery ribbon, but I never ended up using it, probably because these projects are decorative only and not at all useful.