12.06.2013
Embroidered Snowflake Pillow Covers
I'm feeling pretty good this year in the Christmas decorating department. I got my tree put up before we left to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving and decorated it Monday after we got home. Aaaaaand . . . that's about it so far. But the rest will come together really easily -- swap out a few pieces of art work and string garland down the stairs -- no big. I loved the embroidered snowflake ornaments I made for my friend so much that I made a few more for our own tree. Then, I liked those so much, I decided to stitch up some giant snowflakes for pillow covers to go with the flannel pillows I made last year.
I am loving the way they turned out. {Welll, not they yet. I only have one of the two finished, but how could the other one go wrong?!} It has a little Scandinavian feel to it, which reminds me of a ski lodge or something cozy like that. Plus, y'all know how I love to repeat a motif to tie a room together. This does just that!
The process to make these embroidered snowflakes is pretty much exactly like the ornaments. I cut a piece of black canvas fabric big enough to fit the front of my pillow. Then I took a big piece of paper and drew out a very basic design to fit my pillow front, transferred it to the fabric with chalk, and started stitching. I kept adding layer upon layer of embellishment until I was happy with the way it looked.
Once the embroidery was finished, I sewed a basic envelope-back pillow cover with white pom-pom fringe around the edges. The fringe reminds me of little snowballs, which is pretty awesome in my book.
So, that's it, my friends. Another super easy {though a little time-consuming} project for you! I Redboxed a movie today so I can cozy up and finish the second one. How is your Christmas decorating coming along?
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