After buying a new quilt for my bed, I had to figure out pillows that would go with it. It was advertised with matching shams but they were a bit much for me. I thought the best way to do this would be to find fabric and make them myself. I scrolled through a few fabric sites online and ordered three samples from three different companies. Then I waited, and waited for them to arrive. This was in December and the post office was overwhelmed, so the wait was understandable...to a degree. Finally all samples did arrive but none of them were right for the project. I had no idea how difficult it would be to find fabric in black and creamy white. I considered tea staining one of samples to take the background from white to creamy white. I gave that a few days to rumble around in my head. While trying to figure out the best method, I began to wonder if the result would really be worth the effort. That's when another idea struck me. I realized I had some very nice quilted shams i