DIY Pillow Case-My first do it yourself project

 I have been wanted to cover my ugly faded bluish couch for awhile, so me being the oh-so-NOT-crafty person, (I dream of being crafty) lol, I went searching online, thinking maybe I could find an easy solution. Everything seemed so difficult, time consuming, and costly even. While searching I came across DIY projects, now of course I got way off track of what I had started to do.


At the end of the search anyway, I decided to spend a bit of money and buy a slipcover. I was not going to attempt to make one of these, especially since I don't have a sewing machine. Well it was a thought anyway, lol
So, over the weekend, my daughter and I went shopping. We ended up at walmart, and  of all they had, an ugly beige duck something or other material, and a brown suede like, or white. Well with 2 black cats here(they're my sons' cats, he is temporarily staying with me), there was no way I was getting white, though I would have really loved to. So I settled on brown. I pondered over it a bit first, well actually a long time, wondering about the brown since I am not a decorator, and I didn't want my apartment to look dreary. Then it came to me! All the tutorials I seen online the day before. I could cover some throw  pillows to brighten it up, and not too much of a job, to hand sew. Does anyone even do these things by hand anymore?. That was the plan! And the start of something I may regret.
So you know, the next day I flew to the fabric store, to look around, blindly really, because I had no idea of measurements, etc, I just knew I had this ugly burgundy throw cushion, that could use brightening up.
Well, right in the store, the plan changed. I thought first I would practice, so I got some fleece, girly fleece, and set out to make a pillowcase for my daughters' pillow.
Here it is, and she loves it, and couldn't wait to sleep on it last night. I only have a photo of it finished because I wasn't sure it would even turn out, lol.

(btw, the background the pillow is on, is the color of my coach slipcover. What colors would go good with this?)
I bought a metre of this fleece, for $5.00, and I used just half of the metre, so I need to find something to make with the leftover material.
My daughter had an idea this morning, mittens. So I went on a hunt for an easy online pattern. Then today I, you guessed it, ran to Fabricland, to get some elastic for the wrist part. I have the mitten shapes cut out already. I'm going to work on these a bit later, because I'm warn out from the excitement, of what I'm getting myself into.
Oh I also bought more fleece, a double sided, light pile type of fleece, in a solid color that matches the blue in the pillowcase, and the plan is to make my daughter a throw blanket.
Here is the color, isn't it pretty? (That's the outline for the mittens on top of it) I will post a photo of them when I have them done.

Oh and yesterday I also, took some dollar frames, spray-painted them, and put my daughters artwork inside. It's a great way to personalize her own space. I wished I would have done this before now. Better late then never though.

So I have a couple things going already, but I am real happy to have found another hobby.