Hey Blog Buddies,
If you've been reading this blog for a while and have a good memory, you might recall that I stitched Plum Street Sampler's Hare's Christmas during last year's holiday season. I finished it right at the end of December 2012...
If you've been reading this blog for a while and have a good memory, you might recall that I stitched Plum Street Sampler's Hare's Christmas during last year's holiday season. I finished it right at the end of December 2012...
...so there was absolutely no reason to
finish-finish it immediately, right?
It languished in my to-be-finished pile
all year long--until yesterday.
I was procrastinating because
I wanted to finish it as a pillow with ball fringe,
a technique that I had never done before,
and had no clue how to attempt.
I searched the Internet and found this tutorial,
and decided to give the finishing a try.
(I was on the verge of
outsourcing the finishing up until that point.)
I really had no expectation of a good outcome
since this was my very first time doing ball fringe,
but I followed all the instructions,
including using the zipper foot on my machine
and, of course: pin, pin, pin
and voila..
I'm pretty happy (and relieved)
with the way it turned out.
Even DH pronounced it "cute."
If I can do this, anyone can!
But I couldn't have done it without that tutorial.
I used crushed walnut shells as a stuffing.
They can be found at pet supply stores
here in the United States.
The crushed shells are very fine, so I thought it best
to sew a muslin lining into the pillow, too.
(Another first, a lined pillow!)
That's it from here.
(Still haven't finished
all my Christmas stitching,
have you?)
Thanks for visiting.
11 comments:
It looks like a professional finish - no wonder you are proud!
It is a beautiful finish!
Such a fun design, and I love the way you finished it with the balls, its fabulous.
Fabulous finishing!! It looks amazing.
I totally failed at holiday stitching this year :)
I hope that you are having a great week!
Great Finish!!
Beautiful work! Isn't the internet fabulous?
Its a wonderful finish! Thank you for the link to the tutorial, I will have to give it a go!
Great job! It looks fantastic! Thanks for posting the link to the tutorial. It's definitely a finish I'd like to try.
Your pillow is absolutely adorable. Great job!
The pillow came out wonderful! First time - looks like you have been doing it for years, I love it.
Oh,how cute--and well done at attempting (successfully, I might add!), the pompom fringe. I have yet to get up the nerve to try that. My poor sewing machine is really struggling at the moment--not sure if the ball fringe might send it over the edge :)
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