The Burrito Pillow Case

There is a very long story involved in how I came to return to the Old Capital Quilt Guild 30 years after I left it, but let me try for the shortened version. I was an avid quilter before I had children, and I was in a fantastic Fiber Guild in Fresno prior to moving to Iowa. The classes that I took there launched me into a lifetime of seeing, doing, and appreciating artwork using fibers. So upon my arrival in Iowa, I joined to local guild. It wasn't quite what I had had but it was good and I was active up until the birth of my fourth child. After that the work-life balance was thrown off it's axis and my creative life came to a grinding halt. I did some quilting but I no longer had a group that I did it with. Fast forward to my mid-50's when I had and then survived an advanced cancer diagnosis and I was reminded in a very stark way that life can be short, and that it was time to make a few things before it was over, and through a series of wonderful inspirations from a co-worker, I was back to being in a guild again, this time a Modern Quilt Guild, but a year on from that, I rejoined my local guild as well. The very first thing I did was completely outside my comfort zone--agreeing to help teach a class in pillow case making to a group of kids who had never sewed. I have never taught sewing and never made a pillow case, but it all worked out, and I would do it again, and sometime before I retire I hope to have a lot more of these experiences. Here is a tutorial to make this fun pillowcase--which you can make in an hour, even if you have no experience at all: https://smashedpeasandcarrots.com/french-seam-pillowcase-set-in-under-30-minutes-tutorial/