I had seen sweater pillows online and at the Pottery Barn site and figured, "I could do that!". Finding the sweater was the hardest part. I laid my pillow form on top of the sweater and cut around it by a few inches, pinned it all before I moved it and then sewed it together on three sides. I was going to have an envelope back but didn't really have enough sweater left for an overlap. Vintage buttons, still on the card (79 cents for 6 of them) that had been my mom's at some point sewn at the open edge. I had used part of one sleeve to cover a vase but I'm still tinkering with that project. The leftover strips just begged to be made into the rolled flowers (the first I'd ever made).
As soon as I set this on the couch and hubby immediately asked who it was for. I'm guessing he asked that since I rarely keep any of my finished projects. I thought about giving it to my sister to go with the Glace' quilt that I gave her last year but then decided that I really like this pillow on MY couch. BTW - someone thought it was pink but it is most definitely red. My picture taking skills are lacking and so was the lighting. Come join the party!
Praise - for the wonderful man of God that is the pastor of our church. We just got home from Bible study and I am reminded again what a blessing He has given the congregation of our little country church.
Prayers - for our pastor and his wife, for their health and safety and their continued dedication to proclaiming His truth.
That's gorgeous and it looks so cuddly - great job on the roses, I love those!
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what a gorgeous pillow and it is hard to beleive that the roses are your first attempt - they look great!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pillow-what a perk of color for January!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely pillow. The buttoned edge is my fav.
ReplyDeleteHa! Knitted. Now there's something I never thought of :D It's lovely!
ReplyDeleteThe pillow is lovely. Great job on the flowers. Hard to believe they are your first ones.
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