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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Pillow Talk

Not long ago a very nice cashmere sweater dress made it into the washer and then into the dryer.  You all know what happened.  No need to get into those details.  Right?

Not one to pass up a new project I figured this was the perfect chance to make a pillow.  Half way through it my daughter says:  "Ohhh Mom, I want that one.  Can I have it?"  I knew then this pillow had potential for coolness.

After cutting out the basic rectangular shape I filled it with fiberfill.  Turns out the fiberfill is too bulky so I pulled it out and opted for a silk fill.

You can see the basic gray rectangle needed pizazz.  I have seen primitive wool art pillows in high end stores all over the place.  While on a recent trip to Santa Barbara, I saw felt and wool pillows fashioned by local crafts people selling for $300. a pop!  And the store owners cannot keep them on hand.  As fast as they come in tourist folks nab them right up.  "Hey!" (I think to myself);  "I could do that, too."  So I pulled out some wool felt and cut a few shapes and ended up with this pizazziness: 

I'm only speculating but I think this pillow talks to me and I'll be using more cashmere in the near future.