I bribed Roan with candy to come out in the cold and hold my pillow. I wanted to show the scale of it. The insert is a body pillow from Martha Stewart’s line at Macy’s. The filling is somewhat lame I discovered the first time, so I took the sizing down. It was the last of what I considered my UFO projects (I’m ignoring all the quilts).
It’s mostly linen with wee bits of Amy Butler, Anna Maria Horner and Alexander Henry. I used the triple stitch along the top and bottom of the panel.
Did I mention I hate working with linen? When it comes to serging it always travels, even when pinned to all Hell.
Some of my favorite fabrics, colors and it could not have turned out any better. I am very pleased.
Been saving this Amy Butler Tulip forever for the perfect project. Works great for the back. When I get bored with it all I think I’ll cut it up and make a baby quilt.
The reality is I rarely read more than a page because I always stay up too late sewing, but it will sure look wonderful on our bed!
I wanted to give a BIG “Thanks” for all the kind comments regarding my Tumbling Blocks Pillow! I’ve had had its inspiration on my board and the Hope Valley fabric spoke to me.
Thanks for sharing the inspiration around that Hope Valley pillow. I love seeing the thought behind the product.
I love this pillow. I just got rid of the one I used when I was pregnant. I wish I had seen this before. Dressing up a bed with that will look fantastic.
oh wow – this is amazing. We really need a new pillow cover for our body pillow. I agree with you on the linen – hard to work with but it sure looks nice!
lovely..simple, graphic…love.
Awesome pillow! But your model — well, he really made the picture. I do hope he was “paid” well 🙂
Stunning!
This linen/color combo is great, love the look and size of this pillow. Just perfect to snuggle on an read….
Sadly I will now have to go back to my sofa and try make myself comfy with my cushion ‘dwarves’………
Love all the cushion-y goodness coming outta your blog!!!
gorgeous – both the pillow and the model! It’s huge – or Roan is tiny? No, it’s huge – huge huge huge!!!
I hate sewing with linen too. Nasty wiggly stuff, and cutting it – it seems to shift as soon as I touch it. But it always looks great, and feels so beautiful that sometimes I have to bite the bullet and just get on with it.
Oh, I just love the jammie bottoms Roan is wearing too – too cute.
I LOVE it, and I think that, even though the linen was a pain to sew, the results were worth it. I especially love the topstitch detail on the front, and the back is yummy, too.
This pillow is so cute! And thank you for reminding me that this would be the perfect gift to make for my sister for her birthday at the beginning of March
Can’t wait to see yours! It was fun to make, except for that linen bit. I’m a big advocate for chambray in natural instead.
Another beautiful pillow!
Thanks for the linen warning, too. I’ll be extra particular about what I choose to try it out on. 🙂
Love it. And Roan is especially cute holding it on the porch.
gorgeous!
ooh! love that pillow!! The linen makes it – sometimes the pain is worth it! beautiful!