(The Prototype Syndrome always applies when I make a gift for Cheryl! I usually attempt something I've never made before, a prototype, and it usually turns out great!)
Ok, I can post this now. The pillow above is Cheryl's birthday present, and I'm meeting her shortly to give it to her. I didn't want to post it earlier in the week and spoil the surprise.
I hope she likes it. As you can see, it is orange. Very orange. Orange vinyl. I've never seen Cheryl wear a stitch of orange. Oh well, I'm not gonna lie. I'm on an orange kick, so if she doesn't like it, I'll keep it!
This little pillow was really fun to make. The fabric in the middle is hand-stamped with fabric paint and...wait for it....old-school POTATO stamps! Yes, like you used to make when you were little! I was experimenting with my new fabric paints, so I cut up a few potatoes (and carrots, which make perfect little circle stamps!) and tried them out. And after the fabric paint has dried for a few days, you iron it from the back, which sets the paint permanently. You can even hand-wash it.
So, I cut out a little window in the orange vinyl for the fabric piece and sewed the panel in. I've never worked with vinyl before. In a way it's very easy to work with. It doesn't fray and you don't have to sew any edges. You just cut the shape you want and it stays that way. But, if you screw up your line of stitches, you're kinda screwed, because any mistakes really show up, and you're left with visible holes where your stitches were. But I really had fun working out how to make this, and how to insert the offset zipper. It's not at the seam of the vinyl and white canvas, so I had to use all of my limited sewing skills to make it work. I'm really pleased with how it turned out; just like the picture in my brain.
Now, anyone else want anything in orange vinyl? I've got lots left!
Happy birthday, Cheryl.
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