Last week I went looking for holiday pillows for the living room, but all I could find was tan with colored images, since I have a tan couch I didn't think it would look nice since the tans would be slightly different. My only choice was to make my own. I did one with fabric paint ( two posts earlier). I wanted them all to be different so for my second I made a pottery barn sort of knock off (the PB pillow was white on tan for $50, mine is white on green and only about $5). I'm sure theirs is much nicer, but..$ yikes. I cut the poinsettia leaves from craft felt sheets, stitched them on, then stitched jingle bells in the center. Today I did the 3rd pillow using the NOEL cut on the Noel Christmas cricut cartridge. It was cut at 10 inch from stampin up fabric (they have 3 fat quarters on sale for 0.99). I started by putting permanent heat-n-bond on a 12 inch square of fabric, cut my images, then ironed the pieces onto cream colored fabric. I stitched a 1 inch red border around the cream and did the back in the green, so it used up most of the two fat quarters. Each pillow took me about 30 minutes - perfect for a daily crafting "fix" - and I have something I can use for years, I might have to make them for every season! I'm linking these up with Christmas cheer link party over at Happy Hour Projects, thanks for looking!
Monday, December 3, 2012
Cricut Noel and felt poinsettia Christmas pillows
Last week I went looking for holiday pillows for the living room, but all I could find was tan with colored images, since I have a tan couch I didn't think it would look nice since the tans would be slightly different. My only choice was to make my own. I did one with fabric paint ( two posts earlier). I wanted them all to be different so for my second I made a pottery barn sort of knock off (the PB pillow was white on tan for $50, mine is white on green and only about $5). I'm sure theirs is much nicer, but..$ yikes. I cut the poinsettia leaves from craft felt sheets, stitched them on, then stitched jingle bells in the center. Today I did the 3rd pillow using the NOEL cut on the Noel Christmas cricut cartridge. It was cut at 10 inch from stampin up fabric (they have 3 fat quarters on sale for 0.99). I started by putting permanent heat-n-bond on a 12 inch square of fabric, cut my images, then ironed the pieces onto cream colored fabric. I stitched a 1 inch red border around the cream and did the back in the green, so it used up most of the two fat quarters. Each pillow took me about 30 minutes - perfect for a daily crafting "fix" - and I have something I can use for years, I might have to make them for every season! I'm linking these up with Christmas cheer link party over at Happy Hour Projects, thanks for looking!
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5 comments:
they turned out great!! thanks for the idea:=)
They look awesome!
These are really cute! Love the idea!!
Lovely pillows!
Lovely pillows!
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