I finished another Christmas present tonight! Hopefully I'll be able to get them in the mail in time.
These fun "Kiss the Girl" pillows were inspired by some canvas art I saw on Pinterest. The link to that post is here. Since the recipient is a talented painter, I decided to sew them into pillows for her!
I had some snuggle flannel on hand that was perfect for two soft pillows. I printed a coloring book picture out, enlarged it until I got it big enough for what I wanted, and traced it onto the fabric (I had already ironed Heat N Bond onto some black and white scraps).
After I played with the layout, I ironed it all down. When you're making appliqué projects some iron-on backing doesn't require sewing, but I like the finished look of sewing it all down and the security of knowing it won't go anywhere.
I sewed around all of the edges of the design (why did I make the seaweed so curvy?!) first. This took longer than expected, but it was worth it in the end.
I pinned my tags in place and sewed around the outside edge, leaving right sides together. After I sewed almost all the way around the pillow (leaving an opening to stuff fluff into) I turned it right side out and sewed around the edge about 1/4 in. I like the distinct edge this gives the pillow, but you don't have to do this step.
I used an entire bag of fiber fill between the two pillows and sewed them both shut!
Now to get them to the post office!
