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| Angel pillow |
For my oldest sone and his wife I made this angel pillow. I used some deep green wool and a plaid wool from my stash.
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| Detail of embroidery |
I used this simple angel design from Designs bu JuJu. I used a metallic thread to make it sparkle. Because the design was so simple I decided I needed to do something special with the pillow.
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| Circle drawn on the pillow front |
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| Plaid frame fabric pinned and ready to sew |
This was a technique I learned in a webinar on purse making. I determined a 10 inch circle would be a good frame for the embroidery. I drew it on the solid fabric using my circle templates. I then pinned the plaid fabric to the other side of the pillow fabric (the right sides together) and stitched around the circle using a shorter stitch length, 2.0 on my machine.
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| Circle sewn and centers cut out |
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| Underside of front piece showing trimmed plaid fabric |
I then carefully cut out the centers, leaving about a 1/4 inch seam allowance, this is what is going to determinate size of your frame. I then pulled the plaid fabric to the inside and pressed. I stitched in the ditch from the right side and then trimmed the excess plaid fabric.
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| Pinning the angel piece in place |
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| Detail of stitched opening |
I pinned the angel design behind the opening and then stitched close to the seam. After that I trimmed the front to size and serged lining to the back. I added a zipper to the back piece and made covered cord with the plaid fabric that I had cut on the bias. Put it all together for another holiday pillow.
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| Bias plaid covered cord |
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