Painted Daffodils ...

 

Hello my dear friend,

I don't know about you but I LOVE throw pillows!

 They are one of the things that can change the look of a room instantly along with blankets/throws. I normally go to my favorite store, Home Sense, to see if they have anything I like and I am normally sucsessful with my search but this Spring I found nothing.  Don't get me wrong they had lovely pillow for Easter with bunnies and stuff but noting just Spring. 

So ... what to do other than make some myself. I had two plain covers that I had bought at Hobby Lobby before COVID happened that I was thinking of donating and I am so happy I did in the end. The were made from unbleached thick fabric almost like drop cloth and had zippers, perfect! Now all I needed was the pretty part and after thinking a bit I decided to go with painting. 

I love daffodils and found an image online that I really liked the look of so off I went. I enlarged it to the size I wanted and using a simple pencil I transfered it to my pillow covers. Well, the first one I did, the second one I did free hand and it actually turned out OK.

With the painting done, all I needed to decide was what the next step was. Something was missing and it was that little more detail that was needed. I would have loved to have free motion stitched the outline of the flowers but the pillow case openings were too small to do so and I didn't want to cut them open them up to do so, so I chose to use a fine permanent black liner instead and it turned out how I hoped it would.

A little messy, out of line and not perfect and I love it!

 I would have actually bought these in a store if I would have found them there, they are exactly what I wanted. Simple, full of Spring vibes, just pretty and oh yes, the have daffodils, some of my most favorite flowers!

And now I am on to the next project, making pillow inserts for them. It seems the are a somewhat weired size and I can't find pillows that fit them or when I do the cost a little too much for my liking. Simple white cotton fabric and a IKEA feather pillow will give me what I need to display my lovely Spring throw pillows where they are meant to be ... on my bed. 

Thank you for stopping by here at Todolwen and visiting me. It is always so nice when you do and I hope you will come back soon again.

I hope you are well and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.

Some Of My Favorite Things To Create ...

 Hello my dear friends,

 It has been quite a while again since I have posted something here, hasn't it but here I am, back at last.

And I am so happy that I have some new work of mine to share with you since I have actually been busy creating some of my favorite things this past week. I love and enjoy making my sari silk hydrangeas so much and as most of you know of my love for making pincushions. Combining them together is just perfect in my eyes. Each flower is made from approx. 100 small pieces of sari silk ribbon and looks just so pretty!

And once I start, I can't just make one so here are my newest pincushions ...

My first "Blue Hydrangea" ...

My second "Blue Hydrangea", this time in a small brass dish.

My "Sweet Two Tone" Hydrangea ...

And last but not least ...

... my "A La Creme" Hydrangea.

I am so happy with the way theses piece have turned out and I don't think that I am quite done making them just yeet. Maybe one or two more are needed to get them out of my system (for now).  

All but the "A La Creme" pincushion (it has already sold) are now listed in my Etsy shop. Why not pop over and take a look.

Thank you so much for stopping by and sticking by with me. You are so kind! I hope you have enjoyed your short vistit and it would be lovely if you stopped by soon again to see what I have been up too.

Oh ... before I forget ... my Todolwen facebook page is up and running again after almost 2 years now. So excited about this!

I hope you are well my dear friends and life is treating you kind.

Have a peaceful and creative day.