Friday, February 4, 2011

Finishing more than stitching

Somehow during the New Year I think I lost my stitching Mojo....don't know exactly why. It might be because my Dad's health is failing and I am spending more time at their house, or if it's just a phase. But I did have a deadline to get a birthday present done (which I presented in the last entry). Now my problem was "finishing" it. Both my Mom and my MIL can sew. I asked both of them if they would make my butterflies into a pillow. Both were too scared to ruin my stitching......hmmmm, what's a girl to do? Well I guess you bite the bullet and try something new. So since we had a blizzard, I used my "snow day" to try my hand at a pillow. Here is a photo, but I have a whole album on Multiply where you can see what I did step by step. It's really easier than it appears and I am very pleased with the outcome.
Then I have had another piece of finished work (Stephanie's) that she gave me almost a year ago and wanted me to do "something" with it. I've been carrying it around with me trying to find a coordinating material and trims. Well I think I finally came up with a good combo. That color of linen was REALLY hard to match, not beige, kinda green, also grayish....or in other words a nightmare! There is also an album to show all the sides to this no sew cube.
Here is a photo of Amberlyn at our local ice festival a couple weeks ago. They had this big St. Bernard that she got to pet. He was as big (or bigger ) than she was! She is now 20 months old!

17 comments:

  1. Nancy, I love your butterfly pillow - great job! And your no-sew cube is so cute! But you know the most adorable is Amberlyn petting that massive dog!

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  2. Pillows are not hard to make as I made several but not cross-stitch ones, like your no sew cube. Amberlyn is so adorable and the dog is so big next to her.

    Marl

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  3. Both your pillow and cube turned out really nice, Nancy.

    Amberlyn is getting so big... but looks so small against the bernard, lol.

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  4. Beautiful finishes, Nancy. You did a great job.

    Take Care & Happy Stitching
    Hugs, Sandy

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  5. Very nicely done. Kind of fun to do something else. Amberlyn is really growing...The grandson that has Savanna is having a son due in May. They are happy and done.....!!!!! Glad to see you back..

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  6. Nancy, the pillow is beautiful as is the no-sew cube! I've never seen a cube in progress as yours shows. The colors you chose are perfect too.

    Amberlyn is just precious! I had to chuckle seeing her petting the dog - so cute!

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  7. I love both your pillow and your pin keep! They are lovely finishes...and isn't it true that things we usually think are so hard, turn out to be so much easier? You've done a lovely job on the pillow, you should be proud of yourself! Your daughter is adorable, and so brave to pet what must look like a horse to her! LOL *Hugs*

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  8. Both the pillow and the cube turned out beautifully.
    Your GD is a cutie

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  9. Both your finished are fantastic!! The butterfly pillow fabric that you chose is the perfect color to make the butterflies truly "pop".

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  10. You did a great job on finishing these two pieces. They look gorgeous. I wish the finishing bug would bite me too, lol.

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  11. The finishes both look great. Good job!

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  12. Fantastic work on your pillow!

    cute pic of Amberlyn

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  13. you did a great job on the finishing.

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  14. Beautiful pillow! You are braver than me.

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  15. Your pillow turned out fantastic!!

    Love the no sew cube. Those are addictive.

    Amberlynn is adorable as always:)

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  16. I love these - I wish I could get you to do my finishing. Gosh but how I hate it. Love that huge dog enjoying Amberlyn's attentions!

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  17. I love the pillow finish. I have this pattern in my to do pile. I may steal your finishing idea, hope you don't mind.

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