Incoherent Scribblings

Fairy Pillow

As a direct result of the SBEBB, I have become much more interested in finishing techniques and now I am always on the look out for new ones to try. After seeing Jo and Jenna’s recent flanged pillows, I am dying to try my hand at making one, so today I surfed the web looking for instructions and inspiration.

After I found some instructions that I think will work, I looked through my sewing fabric stash to see if I could find some suitable material to turn something in my WTF-pile into a flanged pillow. I came across some material that I bought when I first got my sewing machine and was convinced that I would soon become a quilter (now that was a notion that didn’t last too long), but unfortunately I didn’t have anything in my WTF-pile that matched the fabric. However, I became determined to use this fabric for my pillow so I decided it was time to start a new project!

Now, way back in March I stitched a Flower Fairy (“The Snowdrop Fairy”) for a round robin. It was my first and, up until now, my only Flower Fairy pattern, but I was hooked and I have been slowly acquiring them since then.

Fast forward to today: When I was looking at the fabric I want to use for my pillow I had the idea that “The Lavender Fairy” might look good with it, so I did a floss toss; not on the fabric I will be stitching her on, it is plain old 32 count white Belfast linen, but on the fabric that I will use for my flanged pillow. It matched perfectly, so I started stitching away! I don’t think she will take too long to stitch up, so hopefully sometime next week I can tackle my pillow.

BTW: Thank you for all of your nice comments on my “Little Stitch Devil with Thimble.” For those of you that are interested, there are three “Little Stitch Devils:” One with a thimble, one with scissors, and one with a tape measure. They were designed by Ellen Maurer-Stroh and though I got my patterns from her European distributor, I believe they are also available for purchase from Patterns Online.