A BIRD PILLOW AND SEWING KIT IN A JAR

My one and only niece has graduated from college and is now "setting the world on fire" with a new job!  Along with that new job, comes her first post-college apartment.  She saw a pillow similar to this one recently and loved it - so I made one for her - kind of an apartment-warming gift!  Along with the pillow, I'm sending a sewing-kit-in-a-jar.  Doesn't every young person in their first place need one of these??  

Happy first apartment, Betsy!

 I pulled a thread from the burlap to make it easier to cut a straight line - on the grain.

 Used a little HeatnBond . . .

 and some linen.
This is a take on the pillow Betsy chose.  I added stitching around the edge . . .

 and a blanket stitch around the applique.

 For those times when a button pops off she'll have a jar of 12 different colors of thread, scissors, safety pins, and a needle.

 The top is a pincushion!

 
 Happy Housewarming to my favorite niece!!!

:)


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