I'm so annoyed with myself. I made an awesome pillow for a friend of mine, for her birthday. I took a couple of pictures during it, because I wanted to write a nice blog post about it. And now I can only find one of the pictures. And it's not even of the completed project. Grr! Well, let this be a lesson to me, to keep my photos better organized.
My friend loves scrabble. So I thought it would be fun to make a scrabble pillow! I took her and her husbands name, their 'theme' of happily ever after and some other important words, like love and hope and made a fabric scrabble board. Here's how the pillow top looked.
The letters were stenciled on with hand made stencils. I sponged the paint on, but if I made this again, I would probably draw the letters with a black sharpie. It's not an exact replica of a scrabble board, but not too far off!
I'm bummed I don't have a completed picture to show off right now. One of these days, when I go to my friends house, I'll take a picture there.
In other crafty news, I found my next sewing class. It's at
Vogue Fabrics and the class will start in May. It's a 'beyond beginner' class that will focus on cuffs, and sleeves, and darts and all sorts of good things. It'll be a trek, the place is in Evanston, which is a half-hour drive, but I'm sure it'll be worth it. Especially since it will get me closer to my goal...
Which is this. In six months, I want to be able to make a Jane Austen dress. I already have the pattern. I couldn't resist once I saw all the patterns at
Sense and Sensibility. Now I just need the skills, which I'm slowly acquiring!
