Are you ready for Christmas? I'm not, but as they say.....Christmas is coming, whether we are ready for it or not.
Today I finished this pillow, which is now on our living room couch. It was featured in a magazine, and there was a sample made up at The Attic Window, a local quilt shop here in Grand Rapids. I liked the sample, bought the magazine, and made it during the year, but just finished it today. The magazine instructions had "Happy Holidays", but I like to say "Merry Christmas" so I changed the words. Also, I don't remember what the original pattern had as snowflakes, but the sample maker had used buttons, and I liked them. So I used some of my teeny, tiny, baby purl buttons as the snowflalkes.
I have a whole jar of these baby buttons, and just love to look at them. I do like teeny, tiny things, I know.
Here is a picture of the pillow:
And a close-up of the tiny button snowflakes:
Sophia Grace and Rosie wanted me to take their picture, and I wanted to tell you how easy the back of the pillow is. Aren't they cute in their Santa hats?
Re the back: I took two pieces of fabric, overlapped salvage edges of each piece, so I didn't need a seam on the open edges, and then sewed them to the piping and front. Viola! A pillow!
There isn't a need for a button or closure, the two flaps just overlap, easy-peasy.
Merry Christmas to you from me! And a Happy New Year!
I'm linking up with Design Wall Mondays as usual. (Here)
Today I finished this pillow, which is now on our living room couch. It was featured in a magazine, and there was a sample made up at The Attic Window, a local quilt shop here in Grand Rapids. I liked the sample, bought the magazine, and made it during the year, but just finished it today. The magazine instructions had "Happy Holidays", but I like to say "Merry Christmas" so I changed the words. Also, I don't remember what the original pattern had as snowflakes, but the sample maker had used buttons, and I liked them. So I used some of my teeny, tiny, baby purl buttons as the snowflalkes.
I have a whole jar of these baby buttons, and just love to look at them. I do like teeny, tiny things, I know.
Here is a picture of the pillow:
And a close-up of the tiny button snowflakes:
Sophia Grace and Rosie wanted me to take their picture, and I wanted to tell you how easy the back of the pillow is. Aren't they cute in their Santa hats?
Re the back: I took two pieces of fabric, overlapped salvage edges of each piece, so I didn't need a seam on the open edges, and then sewed them to the piping and front. Viola! A pillow!
There isn't a need for a button or closure, the two flaps just overlap, easy-peasy.
Merry Christmas to you from me! And a Happy New Year!
I'm linking up with Design Wall Mondays as usual. (Here)
Lovely! I cut up your treasure of scraps and added them to my precuts this morning :) Thank you!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! And I love that piping on it!
ReplyDeleteI love this! I have a *mess* of buttons! I could do something like this! thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeletelOVE this cushion! What magazine was it in? The teeny buttons are a perfect touch.
ReplyDeleteI finally found the magazine, it's American Patchwork & Quilting, December, 2014, and the designer is Tina Lewis
DeleteIt's just beautiful! You did such a great job-- I love the buttons; I'm a huge tiny button fan, too! xoxox
ReplyDeleteLove the kids on the sleds.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and welcome back!!!! The pillow is cute..
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love the pillow...especially with "Merry Christmas"----I don't hear that enough (but have heard it more this year than in the last few....). I have so many little baby buttons...what a beautiful way to use them.
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