There are piles of Christmas fabric on the dedicated top shelve of my stash closet. Each piece was irresistible when I purchased it, yet they do not necessarily go together with each other for a quilt. I got the idea of clearing some space in the crammed shelf by making pillowcases from these fabrics. I made four pillowcases before before running out of time/steam but I also set aside fabric selected for another pair.
A good portion of these fabrics were a raffle prize from my guild's 2017 quilt show (post for 5/2/2017). The fabrics I won there were of a party lady theme and a nutcracker theme. The party ladies I paired with some of my polka dots. Seems to me partying and polka dots naturally go together – kinda like the bubbles in champagne. I gifted this pair of pillowcases.
Ironically, winter scene fabrics still take up the same amount of shelf space but at least it will be space on a different shelf. The occupied shelf will be in the hall linen closet rather than in my sewing room closet.
What a cute set of pillowcases! And I too have done the whole "I am so glad to have this fabric out of my overflowing stash shelves!... and into my overflowing completed-quilt shelves." trick, but at least you can use the pillowcases and wear them out eventually!
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