Hare's Christmas, Revisited

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...

...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.