Birthday Pillowcase #9

This is the final in the series of the 2011 pillowcase birthday gifts for the Amish children who live next door.  This pillowcase is for Sam who turned 13 this week.  Sam is the neatest kid...very quiet, sweet, and smart.  He is an amazing artist...can illustrate a family gathering with pencils and white paper...and the result is almost like a photograph.  You seldom see formal drawings or paintings by Amish artists.  They are a community of people who like sameness and blending in with the others.  An Amish person really doesn't want to stand out as an individual artist.  That being said 'art' appears anyway...in quilts, for example...or a simple house design...or in a flower garden.  At least this is what I have observed since moving here almost 7 years ago. 

Here is Sam's pillowcase.  He likes blue.

I took a chance and used a small plaid in his gift.  I think it was okay with his parents. 

:o)