Sherry from Young House Love and a few of her buddies are having a little Par~tay today.
Pick something you've "pinned" lately and make it.
Possibly put your own spin on it.
Thought I would give it a go.
I Pinned this pillow below. I love the large flower! I plan to make
my flower red as well, but I will be using a different colored fabric for the pillow itself.
Here we go..........
The tutorial called for (20) 2 1/1" felt circles.
(The Panera courtesy cup worked perfectly.)
(30) 3 1/2" circles.
(My star bowl did the job.)
Enough fabric to cover the front and back of your
existing pillow or new pillow form.
My pillow measures 18" x 19".
Cut each circle in 1/2.
I used my cake carrier to make a nice large circle on my fabric.
I used a pen to trace the circle.
Using coordinating red thread, sew the 1/2 circles directly to the fabric.
It goes surprisingly fast!
Keep sewing in circles using up all the large 1/2 circles first.
As I got closer to the center, I started using the smaller 1/2 circles.
The very center of the flower is an uncut circle. Machine sew in place.
Cut a piece of fabric for the back of the pillow.
Machine sew three sides, insert pillow and pin closed.
Whip stitch the end closed.
I quickly ran out of daylight, so outside I went to take advantage of the
last bit of natural light.
This is actually a fairly large pillow.
It's new home will be on my sofa in my "creative space".
So how did I do?
21 comments:
Wow, gorgeous!
Great job! I love the felt flower!
Thanks for stopping by my blog:) Love the project you chose. It turned out beautifully! I'm a new follower now :)
WOW! You totally rocked this challenge! Well done Amy!
Many Blessings,
M.
Thanks for posting on my challenge project! I am so glad you did so that I could make my way over to your blog! What great pillow! Learning to sew is on my summer to do list and maybe I will try to tackle this project once I learn! Great job.
J @ agirlandakey.blogspot.com
Love it!!! Great tutorial. It looks like you and your sewing machine have become great friends.
I have pinned this pillow as well. Want to make it for my daughter's room. You did a fantastic job. I want to post your challenge project.
Vici @ my-timebetween.blogspot.com
Love, love, love the colors you've chosen!
It turned out gorgeous Amy! I love the colors. :)
Wow, that turned out great! I love the color combination.
Oh my, you did wonderfully. So cute. You definitely earned the right to have a creative space in your home. You put it to good use.
Absolutely amazing. Makes me wish I could sew!
Looking good. I like that idea. Thinking of your ruined library book reminds me of something that happenened to a library book from when my son was in Cub Scouts. We had borrowed a Scout handbook from the library and the cover got torn off. So ~~~ I purchased a new copy of the same exact handbook to replace the library book and took both books to the librarian. They didn't appreciate the fact that I replaced the book, rather than pay the extra fees for a ruined book. Sheesh~ Now I think I'm going to copy this and go over to Connie's blog and post it for my Tuesday rant. It must still bug me after all these years.... LOL.
What a great pillow! I'm definitely going to tackle this project. You've been added to my Pin board! Haha! Great tutorial, too!
Thanks for stopping by our blog!
-Heather
I love the contrast of turquoise and red together! Great job!
You did amazing girl! I love it. So funny yesterday I was thinking what a great idea to do a pin challenge, seeing I have done magazine copy cat challenge. My idea was old news on the pin LOL. I love the challenge and will have to hop in if they do it again.
It's beautiful! I will have to try making one too. Thanks for sharing the tutorial.
I love that you made this! It's been in my to-make file forever. Yours is simply lovely ... and very inspiring :)
I have this pinned too! Can't wait to do one for our bedroom. Excellent job :)
SO pretty!! Would LOVE it if you would link these up at my turquoise lovin' party going on right now!! http://www.sweetlittlegals.com/2011/11/turquoise-lovin-13.html
I love your pillow! What a wonderful simple and not confusing tutorial. And I love the turquoise and red! Great job :)
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