This Week's Work ~ Crazy Quilted Pillow

This week-end is my sister-in-law's birthday so I decided to make her a pillow in some of her fave colors.
I hope she like's it :)

Here is how it started ~ with beautiful fabric's and cigg print from my sweetie pie Pat. http://gatherings100.blogspot.com/

After embellishing ~ I used old trim I found in Mom's attic this fall.

First I starched and pressed it and then added a ring of it around the pillow ~ gathering a bunch in each corner.

Och! Tell me this isn't the MOST painful part!

Turning it right side out and praying all the beading and buttons behave!

Ahhhh ~ relief! All is well!

Most of the silk ribbon I used is hand dyed by Pat.

You may be lucky enough to find some in her Etsy shop!

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=80476

I am not good at stitching words and numbers so I use primitive straight stitches ~ that don't always come out straight~

and then cover my mistakes with my fave stitch ~ the sweet french knot.

I like them a bit off and willy nilly!

And by the way ~

HAPPY SPRING!!!!!!!