Map pillows

I imagine we each have things that we covet. We may not ever get around to buying or owning them, but the idea of them makes us a little bit giddy. Maybe they're in the SkyMall magazine, and you remember you've-always-wanted-one-but-will-never-buy-one. Or in an IKEA catalog.

I'm not talking huge items, just things that are not necessary but the heart craves anyway.

Maps play a big role for me in this issue. There used to be a great map pillow cover seller on Etsy. I had some 10 of her designs marked in my favorites folder. I dreamt of how to design a whole bed or couch space around them. I'd imagine waiting until I could find maps from the various places we'd lived. Or where family lived, to show A and teach her about different places.

I even brought a vintage US/Canada/Mexico map back with me from the US. One of those old classroom maps that used to pull down from a roller mounted on the wall.

Now that we are starting to plan moving to a new apartment, I seem to have found myself another way to obsess about map pillows. (Because who has too many pillows? Me, nah. Just because I have to store some in cupboards or 3 deep on my bed says nothing about my pillow purchasing issues.)

On the design-your-own-fabric site, Spoonflower. I found this in the project ideas page. Because if there is one thing a person moving needs, it is more fabric. Never mind, I'll get around my "no more purchases until after the move" by doing this project in March or April some time. Now, back to that page for the kids' clothing ideas I was originally looking through.

Big pillow talk from the woman who has yet to use her 1 year old IKEA sewing machine for the first time.