Memory Pillow

The benefit of temperatures too hot to venture outside is I spend time in my craft room and complete a few projects. I picked up a pillow form on sale at JoAnn's on Saturday and made this pillow on Sunday.

I already had yards of muslin fabric, so I constructed the pillow cover with it. I also stitched a ruffled border.

I printed an old photo of my grandmother onto printable fabric and sewed this to the front and added a lace border. I typed "FAMILY" onto a scrap of muslin and sewed this on as well.

Here she is tucked among the other pillows on my sofa. I think she looks adorable!

This project was so easy to complete. I'm already going through my photos trying to decide which one to use next!
 

Come Inside

I created a couple more pages for my art journal. I went with a fairy garden theme just in time for spring. Here is the double page.

On the left side, I layered a beautiful cabinet card image printed onto muslin with some bits of old lace and crochet trim. I painted a Dusty Attic chandelier embellishment and glued it down. On the right side, I typed Shakespeare's Fairy Land poem to accompany my little flower fairy.
 

Here she is, awakening from her fairy sleep.

But wait, there's more! The fairy page opens to reveal what awaits you inside the mysterious Fairy Land.

Perhaps you'd care to tiptoe through the tulips, or stay fresh as a daisy.

 

I'd like to stop and smell the roses.