Showing posts with label Irish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish. Show all posts

Monday, June 18, 2012

Irish pillow



This was my Father's Day gift to my Dad.  My Dad is very into our Irish heritage so I decided to make him something Irishy.  I found this beautiful picture of Ireland's Historical Emblems at Karen the Graphics Fairy's site at http://www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/.  I printed the picture onto one of the two white cloth dinner napkins I was using to make the pillow with Lesley Riley's Transfer Artist Paper, using the instructions on the package.  I used fabric glue to attach some green and cream ribbons along the outer edge of the front of the pillow.  Using my sewing machine, I stitched the two napkins together at the outer edge (right sides facing out since the edges were already finished because they were napkins), leaving about a four-inch opening at the bottom to push the stuffing through. I stuffed the pillow with polyester fiberfill then sewed the opening shut by hand.  My Dad seemed very pleased with his gift.