Happy 2016! 2015 was a year of many changes, some of which I haven’t seen the purpose for yet, so I’m very excited to see what 2016 brings.
I’m starting my sewing/quilting year off with a project I just love. The two oldest grand kids just left after visiting for a week. While they were here, they batted their little eyelashes, smiled their sweet smiles, and asked me to make a pillow for their mom. They decided they wanted an anchor on the pillow.
So I pulled out my small scraps- blue they said. Well after looking at the scraps we decided to use turquoise colors instead of blue.
We used various turquoise values and prints and they helped lay them out onto the traced image we had of an anchor. And then we decided to add the heart in coral to show how much they loved their mom. From my stash, we used a light grey print for the background and raw edged appliqued the anchor to it, and then used a dark grey solid as the border. At the last minute I decided it needed a little something extra so I added the piping around the edges.
I love how it turned out and honestly hated to give it away. I would be happy to have it in my house. I just love the beach, and since we’re living in the mountains now, it made the sand, sun, and surf seem just a little closer.
Finished at 15″. Used a 16″ pillow form. The back is done using an envelope closure so the pillow cover can be removed and washed if needed.
Linking up with SewCanShe for Show Off Saturday
So cute!!! I love it!
Love it!
Thank you!
It turned out beautifully, Lynn! I can see why you wanted to keep it. I’m so impressed by how you turned an idea into a reality, all without a pattern. Such talent!
Thank you Nicole. That means a lot coming from someone I consider to be very talented. You have accomplished many things I am still striving for. 😀
It’s beautiful
How did you put all the different prints together before you cut the anchor out? It looks awesome
Hi Carmel. Thanks for visiting. I am finishing up a project that uses a similar technique, and I took pictures as I went along. I plan to blog about it later this week. Stay tuned.
Hi Carmel. I just posted a tutorial on how I did this. You can check it out here. https://monkeyneedle.com/2016/01/09/raw-edge-applique-tutorial/