Taking Something Old & Making It New Again

Recently, my mom cleaned out her craft/hall closet and unearthed these pillowcases. She had bought them back in the 80's and just had never quite figured out what to do with them so she stuck them package and all in with the rest of her embroidery stuff where they sat for the next 20+ years. I guess that is lucky for me for they are now mine! Since I am in the process (well almost done actually) of my bedroom decor redo, this was an awesome project to take on.

They started out as plain white envelope pillowcases with white on white embroidered floral cutouts (as you can barely see in the before shot (which wasn't so before since I had started embroidering that case when I remembered I needed to take a before shot)). I decided to use floss in colors that complimented the new bedspread and art in my & J's room and embroider around all the detail in these cases. I am super proud of the results. They will totally POP (all in caps for a POPPING effect) and add that level of hand craftiness that I love. They especially go with the new bed frame I bought the other day (white enamel cast iron with brass detailing. Gotta love Craigslist when you get the deal of the century on something). Well they will go with everything when I get the second one done. I will admit doing the duplicate of something seems to be my downfall. I get so swept up in the creating of something but when it comes to replication, my attention starts to wan. This is just not with projects, it's with most things I do. Yay for newness, not so yay for repetition.

Well, I have just pissed the evening away, screwing around online, posting my first item for sale on Etsy, making a banner for said Etsy shop and now blogging so I don't think I will be working on embroidering that second one tonight....see what I mean about my attention span?