Tuesday, May 25, 2010

From A Dress To A Pillow

I had fabric left over from my re-purposed linen dress and decided my urn pillow needed company. Our house has lots of neutrals (can you tell) so it was an easy addition to a chair in the living room. Cut two rectangular panels and sewed black and white ribbon down the center of one:
Using some scraps from the same fabric, I made four rolled flowers and used them as centers for four layered flowers I made from white organza scraps I had. ( Used the "singed" edge technique but used my embossing gun to melt the edges instead of doing it over a flame. See my earlier post, "Flower Power of Black and White for description. I added black crystal beads ( left over from another project...use those supplies!) to the center of each flower.

Sewed the pillow together, stuffed it, hand sewed the flowers to the front and:

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18 comments:

Katie P said...

WAY cute! Looks professional!

Katie P
http://foodwineandmodpodge.blogspot.com

Michelle said...

That's gorgeous! My bed covets one of those pillows! ;)

Anonymous said...

here from anything related. love this pillow, it's gorgeous!! i think im going to have to make one for my bed :) thanks for sharing

Unknown said...

I love the shape of it. It looks great with the urn pillow.

Lorrie Everitt Studio said...

Beautiful ... love the flowers and the pillow shape.

I've got a few linen dresses from Talbots that I've been thinking about repurposing ... this may be just the inspiration that I need.

Found your blog through All Thingz Related. I have a creative blog too .. please stop by when you get a chance
http://lorrieeverittstudio.blogspot.com/

Lorrie

Heather said...

Love the pillow!
By the way, chocolate and crafts are a great combination :)

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Heather said...

Very Nice. I especially like the flowers.

Anonymous said...

I love that pillow :D
~Victoria~

Unknown said...

Very Cute!
Thanks for the project idea.

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Megan Gunyan said...

so elegant and perfect!

Sheri@childmade.com said...

Very pretty! I like that it's longer than typical. Thanks for sharing ... I've posted a link.

Kristi said...

I LOVE the pillow! The flowers are so pretty. :)

I found you on TAT.

Beverly {Flamingo Toes} said...

Very cute! I love the neutrals together.

Unknown said...

So chic! I love BOTH the pillows! Thanks for linking up to Anything Related!
~Bridgette

Room to Inspire said...

What a great pillow! I love the addition of the flowers and it looks great with the urn! Thanks for linking up to Be Inspired last week.

Chelsea

so many memories said...

Gorgeous pillow and great way to use what you already have! I'm inspired to look a little harder at my "stuff" before running out and buying something new!