look what i made!

okay, confession time
in addition to being a beer geek i am also a sewing geek
my two loves are two crafts!

and what could better combine my two loves than sewing something beery?
but besides a beer cozy, what could i possibly sew that's beery?
well, i'm glad you asked!

i made hops pillow sachets!

(say what?)
little cotton sachets that look like pillows, but instead of stuffing, they contain hops pellets.
hops are an old folk remedy for insomnia so i figured i'd make little pillows full of hops for the insomniacs to sniff when they're having trouble sleeping.

i will be selling my lovely little hops pillow sachets at britannia community centre's "artful sunday" this very sunday!

i began by sewing plain white squares, 3" x 3"

then stuffed them with hops pellets

i put each hops pillow into a "pillowcase" and top-stitched around the edges and approximately one inch in from the edge to create a pillow effect

come one, come all
to the britannia show and buy yourself an insomnia cure for the low, low price of $3

sunday afternoon, from noon til five