Just a Little Fun

I have been a little obsessed with silhouettes lately, I figured out how to make them on GIMP and did one of Olivia, then my nephew Wally, I'm still trying to get a good profile shot of Erik.

Then I started thinking about making art out of them, like this pillow

I got the image from The Graphics Fairy then rescaled it in GIMP to make it fit on a 13X13 square.

After printing I traced it onto wonder under backed fabric.

Cut it out and applied it to the pillow cover I made out of this adorable print. Which I really want to make a shirt or dress out of but I have a lot of it so why not use some?  Vintage lace dressed it up a bit.

Simple to try yourself, or you can find this one in the shop.

Floor Pillows

My husband put me on a fabric diet a while ago.  He said I was accumulating way to much fabric and needed to use it up, I have no idea what he was talking about as I live by the you can never have too much fabric rule.  Then again we are a military family and that means we will move sooner or later and the military will only pay for so much weight so it's in my best interest to make something out of the fabric and try to sell it you all of you out there.

This tutorial from Living With Punks was posted a few times in various places I hang in the online world.

I made a  couple for the kids, they love them.  Erik takes his around the house with him randomly throwing it around and plopping down on it.  I have even found him sitting on his hunched over a bowl of oatmeal chowing down (sorry no pictures I had extra kids that day and I'm pretty sure he was trying to make sure he got to eat)

Now a word about my model.  This girl I tell you what, she used to pose pretty for the camera all the time.  Now I have to beg for a half way decent shot

Because she would rather make silly faces like this!

You can find these pillows and some boy themed pillows in the shop.

Brighten Up Dreary Days

On my last trip to IKEA I randomly bought some pillow forms.  That's a problem with IKEA I buy a lot of random things, good thing I don't live closer.

I bought them and thought I could make cute covers for them, and then they got stuck in my studio, and buried, and almost forgotten about.  Then I remembered and an idea started to come into my head.  I had umbrella and rain drop fabric I had bought ages ago.  I don't even remember what I was going to make with them but I knew I could come up with a  very cute spring pillow with some of it.

Oh goodness did I really just type all that without showing a picture? Sorry about that.

I have been wanting to do a Union Jack project for a while, they are all over the gift shops here and I thought it would just be fun.

I used wonder under to fuse the ribbon and rick rack to the rain drop back ground.  Applique and piping are new for me.  I have no idea why I have not used piping before, it really adds a great touch to the fabric.

Perfect for sitting in the window seat and watching the rain fall.  Don't tell Olivia this is done, the whole time I was making this she was ready to claim it!  If I can sneak it into hiding it might just be a birthday present.

I designed my own sew in labels the other day.

I also got over my dislike of zippers, this one didn't fight me at all, but then I was not trying to hide it like I do on clothing.

Hand embroidery along the umbrella adds a special touch.  Now go out and do some puddle jumping!

I'm joining the Blogger's Pillow Party over at Stitched in Color, go on over and check out the other great pillows.