Along my way in the last days till Christmas I had finished the doilies and then wanted to craft some more! We had a very busy year which included a hurricane both on the weather front and in the form of wedding planning right after my daughter's engagement last December as a flurry of preparations began for a "handmade" wedding!
With my energy sapped from the hurricane cleanup, house painting and recent wedding in October - getting it together to make holiday pressies seemed overwhelming - but somehow the week before Christmas the spark returned!
I spotted a remnant with the Madonna and Child along with the 3 Kings on it and just got so inspired to fire up the sewing machine and make couch pillow sets out of the motifs!
I made 10 pillows (5 sets) in all and was very happy with how they turned out! Pulled cream and purple broadcloth fabric from my stash to make the backing. The bulk bags of 32 oz of stuffing made me feel like Santa as I departed the local fabric and crafting store with them slung over my shoulder. I used coupons for what ever I had to buy - the fiberfill stuffing as well as the remnant material. Each pillow only cost less than $2 to make! Not bad for a Christmas gift that will get used eh?
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