I see Addie tomorrow so I had to get that pillow made today. This is the first time I’ve made a pillow of any kind in probably at least 30 years.
I had planned to put black trim around it but Addie asked for orange. I told her I’d use orange if I had it but I didn’t think I had any orange. I was looking for backing fabric that would go with black chenille trim. If you remember my quilting days, about 99.99% of the fabrics I used were tone on tone or solid-ish and I hardly have any prints. This was the only Halloween print I could find and it’s a bit bright but might have been ok with black trim.
I found this one and had decided to use it with black trim. When I went to the closet to dig out the trim, the first one I saw was orange pom poms. Didn’t remember that I had that.
That would make her happy so . . back to the stash to find a better backing fabric.
This one worked!
I present . . my first cross stitch piece finished into a little pillow. It’s about 5″ square.
I think it’s so cute an I think she will love it!
justquiltin says
So absolutely adorable. It will make her day!
Susan Nixon says
I agree, a win pulled out of the closet.
RuthW in md says
So, SO SWEET!! That first fabric had too much red in it, and there was none in the cross stitch work. Your orange pom-pom trim and backing fabric look perfect with the cat, pumpkin, and mouse!
Betty C Edwards says
That is perfect!
Teri says
Darling….
Elle says
I love it! If she rejects it you could send it to me 😉
dwm1956 says
Adorable. She will love it.
Donnalyn says
I think she will treasure it for ever, it’s just too cute!!
Erin Bennett says
OMG perfect Judy! Now just put a heart and grandma on the back! Or something! For a keepsake!!!!!
craftingwacky says
Perfect! I love the pom pom trim, and the googly eyed backing fabric.
Sherry Bobak says
So cute! I love it!
Nelle Coursey says
She will love it!!
vivoaks says
Yes, she’ll love it!!!
Rosalie says
Fantastic!
Agree with previous comment to sign and date the back.
Cindy F says
That is so adorable!! She is going to love it!!
Karen says
It’s great. I especially love the pompom trim.
Helen says
Love it and Addie will be “over the moon” happy with it!
Ruth Chow says
Very cute! She will love it.
Marie S Gilkey says
That is so cute. Your girl will just love it and will probably go right in the middle of her bed. And I bet she will want to take it home. Love it!!
PattiLynn says
Looks great!
Rebecca says
-Darling!
And I’m not surprised at what incentive kept you going all the way with that!
Mary says
Very cute. You did a great job.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Thanks. It was fun to do but by the time I’m done stitching, it’s hard to do the finishing. I’m ready to move on to something else. Kinda like binding a quilt I suppose – once I was finished with the piecing and quilting, I was ready to start something else.
Terry says
To cute, did you stuff it or find a pillow form that small?
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I stuffed it with poly fiberfill.