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)
