BIRD PILLOW and MORE

I've been working on lots of pillows.  Some are finished and some are in the works.  Below is the bird pillow I spoke about in my previous post.  The bird is from the Graphics Fairy - printed, cut out, and ironed onto script background fabric that is described more below.  

Below is a  sampling of some other pillow tops that are sitting in my sewing room - waiting to be assembled.

 Another hare on burlap . . .

an "old" pumpkin label on burlap - perfect for Fall and Halloween . . .

 . . . a large crown on burlap . . .

 . . . a nest and bird on burlap . . .

 . . . and a small little hare on canvas.

All of the graphics are from - who else but the Graphics Fairy! 

The burlap bag with fabric roses is also in progress.  It was a frustrating sewing day, with broken needles and a lot of mistakes which led to a lot of seam ripping.  But, below are the fabrics that make up the bag.

 

 A Waverly fabric with French script.

 The fabric roses made of a green linen. . .

  . . . and the burlap in the background.

Will I ever run out of burlap? 

BURLAP ROSES, NESTS, AND BIRDS

Burlap roses, nests, and birds are everywhere.  They are popular motifs for pillows, bags, and all kinds of decorative items.  So, today I am going to start working on three things.  One with a burlap rose, one with a nest motif, and one with a bird.

First, some inspiration . . .

Nancy is an extremely creative blogger friend of mine and
has a great tutorial on this burlap bag:


Next, Pottery Barn once sold a beautiful "Nest Sentiment" lumbar pillow on their site for $49.  However, it is no longer available.  Hmmmm . . .

and last but not least . . . for the birds . . .

This first bird pillow is sold at Pottery Barn.

I would like to use a printout of one of my bird paintings for the pillow - probably my Brown Thrasher.  I painted him from a photo in a magazine I saw while sitting in a waiting room somewhere a while back.  The painting is in my Etsy shop, but why not get a little more mileage out of him?

Brown Thrasher from Birds and Blooms Magazine

This one is pretty too - I like the collage effect with the typography and crown in the background.

So that is my day.  I wouldn't be able to even THINK about doing any of this if I was still in the classroom.  I can't even describe how wonderful it feels to be able to make things to my heart's content!

 And yes, I am working on recovering the bergere chair I spoke about a few days ago.  However, our dinner party has been postponed for a bit.  Therefore, with the pressure off, it's on the back burner.  It IS sitting in my living room though - in a state of unfinishedness.  


This will get to me.  


Soon.