Seashore Pillows Made up

Here they are!

Seashore Pillows Finished

Here is the final pillow in this project, the crab. And the stripe fabric is for the rope piping. It will be cut into 4 narrower strips for that.


I also did some more work on the turtle and the seahorse today, depening the shadows, especially on the seahorse, which was looking a bit flat.




And here is the crab. He is a fine fellow. Or lady.

New Fabric Project

I love these projects with a lot of colour...
Here are three pillow fronts....

There will be three more soon, with some water imagery...

Click on some of the images to see them bigger....

And then I will paint backs for all six...

Then it's off the the seamstress...

Back Pieces For New Bird Pillows

Here are the other 6 backs for the bird pillows shown in the previous posts.

Really nice colours.

Here the birds pillows await heat treatment, washing, rinsing and being made into PILLOWS!

Lake Bird Pillows Continued

Here are the next birds!

I decided to make one ''back'', for the set, in the mix. So there will be 7 pillows, not 8.

White Egrets make me laugh. They seem to have a harassed windblown look sometimes.

I added a very effective brownish blue shadow outline around each central area (containing the birds) on the finished pieces, and included it in the newer ones. Its a perfect touch, creating more depth and mood. Adding that outline had a magical effect on the work, bringing the bird into more prominence, and making the background deeper and richer. Amazing what a simple thing like that can do. I am glad it occurred to me.

Compare these pictures to the ones in the previous post to see the effect of the better ''framing''.

I like it!!

P.S. - Pillows Delivered

Here are the ''seaside pillows'' in the living room of their new home... they will go out on the porch later, after remodeling is complete.
more pictures then!!!

They certainly look very nice in this living room, anyhow!

And look at this beautiful dog lying on the pillows!!!! What a great model!

Pillow Backs

Here are the backs for the group of pillows depicting shells and underwater shore life. (See previous post!)