"The Magical Forest of Good and Evil" was the theme for this contest. The main rules were that the pillow had to be a square which measured more than 14" and had to incorporate Christopher's techniques. And we had to use pantyhose as the base fabric. What???Pantyhose???? I live in south Florida and I don't remember the last time I wore them. But, I found some off-white ones at the local store and I painted the base after I punched them down. I only had three days to complete the pillow and this was when I was working during tax season. I won second place and I am thrilled!!!! The smaller picture shows the back of the pillow and I tried to tie it in to the front with color and theme. Lucky me that I already owned the fabric. I then created the fringe using yarns I also had in the house. On the front I used paints, inks, ribbons, and rayon and metallic threads. I incorporated FMSS, PTSS and ribbon flowers, all of which I learned from Christopher's online class, his book , his DVD and his shows on the Internet on Sewontv.com. I love this pillow and I hope you do too.
I absolutely LOVE this pillow. You have done a marvelous job and richly deserve your wonderful prize. I look forward to seeing what you create next! Janie
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Trudy Flynn and I live in Palm Beach County, Florida. I have always loved sewing and creating but when I found Christopher Nejman and his book and DVD, I found my heaven. This was the place I was meant to be. When I saw the pillows and techniques in Christopher's book I fell in love with my sewing room all over again and the love affair is still going on.
"The Magical Forest of Good and Evil" was the theme for this contest. The main rules were that the pillow had to be a square which measured more than 14" and had to incorporate Christopher's techniques. And we had to use pantyhose as the base fabric. What???Pantyhose???? I live in south Florida and I don't remember the last time I wore them. But, I found some off-white ones at the local store and I painted the base after I punched them down. I only had three days to complete the pillow and this was when I was working during tax season. I won second place and I am thrilled!!!! The smaller picture shows the back of the pillow and I tried to tie it in to the front with color and theme. Lucky me that I already owned the fabric. I then created the fringe using yarns I also had in the house. On the front I used paints, inks, ribbons, and rayon and metallic threads. I incorporated FMSS, PTSS and ribbon flowers, all of which I learned from Christopher's online class, his book , his DVD and his shows on the Internet on Sewontv.com. I love this pillow and I hope you do too.
2 comments:
I absolutely LOVE this pillow. You have done a marvelous job and richly deserve your wonderful prize. I look forward to seeing what you create next! Janie
Great work Trudy-you are truly a winner!
The colours in this pillow are so good.
Well done.Ann
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