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I shared this on my Facebook page several weeks ago, but I'm so pleased on how this turned out, I've decided to share it with everyone...
My sister bought a beautiful Laura Ashley sundress a number of years ago. After she died in 1998, I decided to keep it, even though I never cared for it on me. The feel of the fabric was heavenly, just unbelievably soft. Because of the longer length, there was plenty of fabric, so I decided to make a pillow cover from it. I forgot to take a photo of the dress, so after I cut it into two pieces, I decided to take a photo. This was the top...
And I decided to cut out the label and keep it...
This was the bottom of the dress...
Prior to cutting and sewing the pillow cover, a couple of years ago, when I first thought about make a pillow cover from this dress, I was very fortunate to find this small polka dot fabric from Joann Fabrics. I didn't buy very much because I figured I would only do the piping...
After playing around, I discovered I might have enough for two pillow covers. This is the first one I made...
Then I decided to do some piecing to make the second pillow 1) just because it would look unique and different and 2) because I didn't have enough fabric for both sides. The back side of the second pillow looks just like the one above. I went back to Joann Fabrics to see what I could find that would match, and look what I found! It was perfect...
If you look really close at each flower section, they all have an inspirational quote...
I LOVE how it turned out. The only thing I told Mr. Cottage is he was never to use it as a pillow for napping. After all, it's just a dress-type cotton, not something that should really be used in a house or cottage. I don't want it to wear out...
After I posted it for some of my art friends to see, one of them said I should have submitted it to Somerset Magazines. Oops, a bit late now, but that's fine with me. I'll show you some photos of it at the cottage, next week.
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