Jessica at Sew Homegrown gave me the inspiration to
Here's my finished product
Mine isn't as ruffly as hers looks but I'm loving the texture and color.
I chose my fabrics based on, you guessed it, my inspiration pillow. I love this thing, it really is helping me make design decisions. I picked through my scraps and pulled out the ones that looked good with the pillow.
Once I had them arranged my my liking I used my round cookie cutter to trace 2" circles.
This was seriously tedious and took about 2 episodes of NCIS to cut all 60. After they were cut out I stacked them together and lay them out in two lines on my pillow fabric.
I scooched then around and pinned them down where I thought they looked good being careful to make sure the circles were all slightly uneven so they would show later. I attached them by simply bar tacking them down with my sewing machine. It took probably 1/3 of the time to actually make the pillow as it did cutting all the circles. (I made my pillow using the envelope method and the fabric is a heavy white linen).
See how well it complements my inspiration pillow. One thing I would recommend if you make this pillow is to draw straight lines where you plan to put your scraps so that they are straight. Mine are a little crooked.
Pretty!
Cheers!
Linking up to Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch, Beneath My Heart, Serenity Now,
and the Pinterest Challenge brought to you by Young House Love, Bower Power, Emily Henderson, and Making A House A Home.
Linking up to Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch, Beneath My Heart, Serenity Now,
and the Pinterest Challenge brought to you by Young House Love, Bower Power, Emily Henderson, and Making A House A Home.
***Norman had to put his two cents in, check out his reaction to my hard work at the Book of Norman.
Wow!! Very nicely done!!!
ReplyDeleteI have the hoarders equivalent to a fabric stash... I may have to dig in & copy this one.
Thanks for sharing yours...
What a great idea! So cute and colorful.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this. I saw a similar one on Etsy the other day and was thinking about making it.
ReplyDeleteWow that is sooo pretty! I'm actually going to pin your version right now! I need to do one in shades of tans and browns! Check out my pinterest challenge when you get a chance! http://www.compartmentlife.com/2011/08/pinterest-challenge-mason-jar-gallery/
ReplyDeleteVery clever! I'm going to have to go round up some scraps....
ReplyDeleteThis is GREAT!! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteThat looks fantastic! You did a really nice job on it and the colors are just lovely! What a great project.
ReplyDeleteCindy
What a pretty pillow! I pinned the original on Pinterest as well!
ReplyDeleteThat looks really cute. It turned out really pretty. Thanks for stopping by Beach Cottage Good Life Wednesdays and joining the party.
ReplyDeleteOh that looks so pretty - it really turned out great! Thanks for linking to mine - Jessica@SewHomegrown
ReplyDeleteLove this! Why haven't I ever thought to use a cookie or biscuit cutter when I need to trace a circle?
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