Pillows, Pillows and More Pillows.

Chip has been away the last 2 week for job training. He managed to get back east just in time for the earthquake and the hurricane. I miss him and it's been pretty lonely here with just me and the cat but I have managed to get a lot of projects done.

I was in the mood to make some pillows and I managed
to crank out 10 pillows in just 2 days. After taking a break from burlap, I have been doing it again in a big way lately. I found some better quality burlap in Sacramento when I went to see my daughter last week, so I picked it up and used it for these pillows. Just your basic square pillow and my french stencils, very easy

I also did some pillows using vintage linens. These can be found at most estate sales and they are usually very inexpensive - only a dollar or two. They are so beautiful, with such great hand work and I love to re-pupose them and give them a new life. I used this wonderful product called steam-a-steam to apply the linens to the pillow. So fast and easy - I love that. Some have my twisty roses for more interest. I also did a pillow using Sheer Heaven to transfer an image of a vintage postcard


Finally I did some collage pillows using the vintage linens plus velvet flowers and vintage images (Graphics Fairy). I make a basic pillow and then tack on the linens creating a small pocket for the images, then add on the other things. I have also put cabinet cards (vintage photos on cardboard) in the pocket. The gold cherub on this one was given to me by my friend Linda. You could even put in a photo of your child instead of the vintage images.

The ribbon bows are actually rayon seam binding. You can find this on Etsy for about $10 for a 100 yard roll. To give it a vintage look, I wet it down, scrunch it up and let it dry. For this project I then tied on several bows in 2 different colors. I think these are so sweet.