Mermaid Pillow

My little boy has a very vivid imagination. Ever since he saw a Dora episode where she cleans up the ocean to save the mermaids (and then we all went on a cruise), he has been fascinated with mermaids. So much so that he pretends he is "Taylor the Girl Mermaid" about 50% of the day, and then all night. How does he pretend he's a mermaid at night?

He sleeps in his mermaid costume: a pillowcase.


The pillowcase is getting a bit stretched out, so i thought up a new project to do. i found perfect Batik charm squares in my stash and started cutting and sewing. i didn't really have a pattern, it was just in my head and changed as i went along.

Tada! A new Mermaid Pillowcase!

i left the one side completely open, as it is a pillowcase, and on the opposite side i left it open about 12 inches in the middle so he could get his feet through and not walk on the pillowcase, which makes it very dirty. But to him, the beauty of the mermaid pillowcase is that it is completely closed on the bottom. So he considers this costume a "snake" because you can go through it like a tunnel.

i have to remember that my ideas will not necessarily improve the imaginative life of my 4 year old son.

But it is really pretty and i'm hoping he'll wear it for Halloween. Especially if i can get him some blue or green Crocs. Or he can wear his blue snow boots. It usually snows on Halloween here.

My husband & i had a good laugh when he suggested i sell Mermaid Pillowcases. Does anyone else pretend they are a mermaid by getting into a pillowcase? So far, he's the only one i know.

Fabric & Ribbon Poultry

I subscribe to lots of newsletters and read lots of blogs, and somewhere I saw these most adorable chickens!

Here's my version of "The Chickummyjig", which I think I found via WhipUp. It's a free pattern from Tania Ennor at http://www.myrtleandeunice.com/.

I am using all of my scraps to make as many of these chickens as possible. My son picked out the white fuzzy fabric for his chicken, and I have several brown fat quarters to make some more! The ribbon on the brown chicken legs is from American Crafts. The yellow fabric is about 12 years old, I can't remember who made it.

I'm thinking this is the birthday present all the little kids are going to get this year from me. They are so fun to make, and I laugh with joy when I am sewing them together.