At the beginning of the month I signed up for the Winter Handmade Gift Exchange that Linda at Craftaholics Anonymous hosts twice a year. I'd participated in June, and it was so much fun!
My partner this time is Lauren from Warm & Fuzzy! Lauren is happily married and has two little guys. One of the first things that stood out to me from her e-mail was that Lauren is not only proud of her home and loves to decorate it, but she's extremely proud of her home state! She is a huge LSU fan, which I tried to not count that against her, since her Tigers beat my beloved Ducks so bad at the first game of the season that it still smarts. So I tried to incorporate all of these things into my gift for her.
I made her a Louisiana state shaped pillow!
My partner this time is Lauren from Warm & Fuzzy! Lauren is happily married and has two little guys. One of the first things that stood out to me from her e-mail was that Lauren is not only proud of her home and loves to decorate it, but she's extremely proud of her home state! She is a huge LSU fan, which I tried to not count that against her, since her Tigers beat my beloved Ducks so bad at the first game of the season that it still smarts. So I tried to incorporate all of these things into my gift for her.
I made her a Louisiana state shaped pillow!
I made a stencil of the shape of Louisiana and traced it onto my fabric. I painted a purple heart over the area where Lauren and her family live (at least according to the maps I found.)
Than I painted in the rest of the state.
I sewed around the shape, turned it right side out, stuffed it and sewed it closed. When I was done I had a cute little pillow the shape of Louisiana.
I hope that Lauren likes my gift. I'm so happy that it turned out how I had hoped. Amazing Boyfriend thought it turned out pretty cool and has now requested an Oregon shaped one, so I'll probably be making another state shaped pillow in the future.
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That's pretty neat! Kudos to you for sewing all those little squiggly curves near the "toe" of the state.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! And a fabulously thoughtful gift!
ReplyDeleteAngela
This is amazing! If you ever put them in your etsy shop, I'd buy a VA shaped one!!
ReplyDeleteYou are so darn creative! Great job!
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