Gettin' there.

I've been working on my bedroom for a while now, like making drapes and scouring Craigslist for the perfect stuff. Like my beautiful dresser and nightstands that make you feel like you just walked into the 1960's. We found the set on Craigslist for $125! That sweet starburst mirror? Also from Craig's, for $35 though I tried to talk the lady down. Oh well, you can't win them all. I'm still working on a headboard, I have everything I need for an upholstered headboard except for the wood. Kind of important, wouldn't you say?


But what this room was missing, until yesterday, was a throw pillow. A few, really, but let's start with one. We're simple people so one is hard to over-do.
I had some fabric left over from a quilt, and I really, really liked it. It happens to be in the same blue family as my drapery panels, so yesterday while I was trying to find a way to escape playing "horsey" one more time, I decided to cut into the fabric and make a small throw pillow.


I cut out my pieces the way my mother taught me, which Jill knows so go here to find out, and before I sewed the pieces together, I put some little rosettes on the front of one piece. I was working with scraps here, so the rosettes ended up being small. Oh well, I still love it. I figured out how to sew these on the easy way (listen up Ken!): I put the fabric into an embroidery hoop first, and worked it mostly upside-down, unless I was twisting the fabric. WHEW it made it so much easier and tighter. And the stitching was less messy than my other rosettes.

I ran out of scraps for rosettes, but I was planning on doing more. Wouldn't this be cute with little rosettes crawling up the pillow? ADORABLE. Next time, next time. I just stuffed it with a throw pillow I already had, which was hot pink. I anticipated this and lined the pillow with heavy white canvas. And you can't tell it was once hot pink.

In the meantime, it is perfect for supporting massive man-legs. Mike approved, kissed me for it and told me I was so clever (HA have I fooled him or what?) and so this project, in my book, was a success.

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