Remember the designer Chrysanthemums fabric I bought from Heather Bailey's Freshcut collection a while ago?


Well, here it is.

I made a pillow out of it for Henry's Mom's birthday, just last week.

Note the huge-ness of the cushion. I love big, fluffy pillows!

And actually, I've found out how easy it is to made cushions. You just need some beautiful fabric and accessories, and maybe about 1 or 2 days of your time.

It worked better with my sewing machine. Yes, I love sewing, yes siree!



Hand-made buttons.

These lovely fabric buttons were hand-made by me too, with coordinating fabric in similar hues to the pillow.

What I did was to follow Magda's brilliant tutorial which showed it to me as easy as A-B-C, for free.

However, the 1st and 2nd tries weren't really ideal, because the buttons could not be supported easily by just plain sewing, so I decided to use some fabric glue as well to keep it sturdy. I even sewed on a last-minute felt backing.

Let's hope it really stays, even through several pillow throws and washes. *crosses fingers*


Close-up of ze beautiful button.

I never really like green very much, but this shade reminds me of Granny Smith apples on a warm Saturday afternoon. Warm and fuzzy. Plus, the white polka dots complete it! Friggin' cute.

Since this was my favourite button of the lot, I decided to make it the centre and focus-point of the pillow.

I wanted to show you all some more photos (I should, this its my first official sewing project) but you know, the unfortunate always happens in the most untimely situations, and my camera shut down on me right after I took this picture!

Anyway, I am glad that I finally finished his Mom's pillow this week!

Update: Henry said it's beautiful and his Mom likes it a lot. They are going to put it in their new car.

Now on to my next project, which is The Boyfriend's own. I have delayed it for several weeks, and I think he has asked me too many times, until he eventually got tired and stopped asking.

Haha.

Funny how I take only 1 week to finish his Mom's one, and about 1 month has passed, but I'm still stuck on his own.

Okay.

I will finish it soon! Promise. 1 Comments