Happy New Year! The holidays may be over, but I still have a few Christmas projects left to share. I made this for my mom, lover of fancy throw pillows:
It may look complicated, but is actually ridiculously easy to make. I traced and cut all of the petals while watching A Christmas Story, and sewed everything together while watching Escape to Witch Mountain and Gigi (wow. what a weird combination of movies.). The tutorial is from Cluck Cluck Sew. She has a few more pillow tutorials that I am dying to try out! My original plan was to make a pillow cover from Kayte Terry's lovely book, Applique Your Way. Unfortunately, I can't find my copy anywhere! Yes, the sewing room/guest villa is that much of a disaster. No, I will not post photos. Anyway, I LOVE the way this turned out. I want to make about 50 of them. My pillow form was a little smaller than the tutorial called for, so I sized the petals down accordingly. I *think* I went crazy with the number of petals, though. I will probably space them out a bit more the next time. My mom really liked it, and that's what counts.
Its beatiful...thank you for showing me!!! -Allison
ReplyDeleteOkay first of all, this pillow is awesome. Secondly, I thought I was the only one that measured effort in the amount of movies it takes to make something. (Current baby afghan: One million and six movies), and Thirdly: You use the same movies I do! Ahhh. I love your blog.
ReplyDelete- Betsy
beautiful pillow! you should make them and sell them on Etsy.. i would buy some for sure!
ReplyDeleteChrista - I can't sell them, as the pattern is for personal use only (Allison, the first commenter, is the designer). However, I would be happy to help YOU make one! :)
ReplyDeleteRoxanne - Nope, never too early!!