Happy Monday! While browsing around on my new favorite place, Pintrest, I found this painting and fell in love.
Isn't that lovely? I want to be there, greeting the day. Well, I don't really paint, but you know I love fabric and a challenge. So I decided to create a pillow for my couch - a nice reminder that summer is coming. This is what I came up with:
Isn't that lovely? I want to be there, greeting the day. Well, I don't really paint, but you know I love fabric and a challenge. So I decided to create a pillow for my couch - a nice reminder that summer is coming. This is what I came up with:
Can you see the sky, water, and sand? I didn't want it to be super literal - you know like "oh she has a pillow of the beach on her couch....." But I am pretty happy with how it came out. This design would be pretty in any color combination - I thought about an all blue one - starting with a dark blue and fading into a light. If you'd like to make one - here's a loose tutorial on what I did.
Step 1: The basis for the pillow is pleats. The top, gold portion is all one piece, just folded up to make pleats. Then I slid in one little strip of blue to mimic some clouds.
I continued cutting strips (about 21" long) and pressing them into pleats....various shades of blue for the water and tan/brown for the sand. My first layout looked like this:
I changed it a little bit.
Step 2: Once I had all of the strips cut out, I cut out the front and back pillow pieces - about 21" x 18". I just used a nice cream. Then I started at the top of the pillow and sewed the pleats onto the pillow front.
I also inserted those little "waves". Just a small strip of pleats running the opposite way.
Once all of the pleats were topstitched on, I sewed the back piece on with right sides together.
Be sure to leave an opening in the bottom so you can turn/stuff it.
Step 3: The waves. I started to hand stitch the waves on...then got frustrated and pulled out the hot glue gun. I just glued those sheer pieces on where I wanted them - you can't see the glue and it was super easy. Lastly I hand-whipped the opening closed, and tossed it on my couch:
It looks a little lonely right now - it needs some more summer/spring pillows to share it's home. But it makes me really happy to sit beside it and dream of the ocean. Have a great day!
xoxo
jessica
I love it! Very creative and subtle. :)
ReplyDelete~Kristin
Love it! That looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh this pillow is so beautiful. I love art inspired stuff. The pillow is a great interpretation of that painting.
ReplyDeleteJessica! That is beautiful! I want one! I love the waves. And colors. And concept.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely interpretation! I wonder how something like this would look in my blue living room...hmm...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and so creative--what a great take on the painting.
ReplyDeleteI am super-impressed.
Holy Cow Jessica!! That is gorgeous!!! I love your interpretation of the painting - such a great idea!! I think the pillow turned out beautifully!
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteJo-Anna
It's beautiful. I love the idea of painting with fabric. I've been dreaming of making a fabric painting of the prairies where I grew up, flying overhead just looks like a quilt.
ReplyDeleteOne day I'll do it - thanks for keeping me inspired.
Lovely. Really.
ReplyDeleteYour pillow is a work of art!
ReplyDeleteThat pillow is awesome - I love the ocean, it's a perfect representation of it. When I look at it, it makes me {S M I L E }
ReplyDeleteThat is Stunning!! I am inspired to make my own now!
ReplyDeleteThis is just beautiful! My favorite colors, too!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty and creative!
ReplyDeleteReally gorgeous! I can totally see Anthropologie selling this cushion for $120 :-)
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