I didn't think it would be but this took ages. In my stash I have had two pillowcases for a very long time. Over the years I have had many ideas but never really got anything started.
When our daughter got married I did think of stitching Mr & Mrs for their wedding night.... but again I didn't get started.
This year was their second anniversary, I'm not sure where those months went. The gift for a second anniversary is cotton so guess what came to mind, the pillowcases.
But what to stitch? Earlier this year our daughter and son-in-law bought their first house and on one visit she showed me a green lampshade for their bedroom so at least I had a colour idea.
I know she likes leaves and was so pleased to spot this chart on etsy. It was a wedding sampler and too big but I was hoping the leaf tips would work.
Savanna was very good and although I didn't use it she did chart Philippa and Michael for me so I can always use it on another project.
I used the colours as Savenna had designs and had a rye smile as our daughter and son-in-law started painting their bedroom in near exact colours.
The leaves took ages to do, I hadn't really looked at how much there was to do. My super Hubby flipped the chart so the pillowcases matched and I added a few to each edge as the chart wasn't quite long enough.
I finished just in time for their visit, I was really pleased how they turned out and the Anniversary Couple loved them.
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