This has been a work in progress for awhile now. Kept changing and still am not totally satisfied. LOVE to hear any comments, PLEASE...
Wool Applique. The blue is 3 shades of wool that I stitched together using small "x's" in a black pearle cotton thread-----the red is a very deep red hand dyed piece with the stripes a hand dyed light tan--actually a bit darker than the picture shows.
The button hole stitch was done is a "gold tone" pearl cotton thread. I added the stars, then decided it wasn't enough, so I backed the stars in a different shade of hand-dyed wool. Stars attached with a blanket stitch using pearle cotton thread I tea dyed and the circle attached using the same "gold tone" thread.
Then I added the antique buttons, they actually have a dark tone to them--old buttons!!! I stuffed the corners with fiberfil and the rest of the pillow with "rags"...
Love to hear what you think.....The dang pillow took me so long as I kept changing my mind ! :-)
Today I am starting another project!! I love rug hooking. I have a pattern for a "watermellon" pillow. I am hooking it using homespun fabric. I did a fall pillow in homespun and love the "primitive" look it had. So will try one more...
Hope you all have a wonderful day. Smiles and blessings to all....
