Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Needagottahaveone

I saw this awesome phrase in a print for sale somewhere on Etsy, I think.  The phrase really stuck with me!

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So, I decided I needed to make it into a pillow for my sewing room.  I just printed it on regular white copy paper and pinned it on top of the fabric with fusible interfacing pressed on the back.  I stitched through the paper with just a simple straight stitch.  Removing the paper before further stitching on the words was not fun…it took forever!!
I should have used the paper piecing paper instead of plain old copy paper as it would have been soooooooooooo much easier to remove!!

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After removing the paper, I just freehand stitched over and over until I liked how it looked!!  I added that little flower and black jumbo rick rack around the edges!!
I am pleased how it turned out!!

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Waddudink??  You like??
What are you working on these days??
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22 comments:

  1. What am I working on? Well duh, I need to go stitch myself a pillow! I saw this on a friend's blog, and plan to stitch it too: "I don't buy fabric because I like to sew. I sew because I like to buy fabric."

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  2. Just as cute as can be! What a cool idea! Thanks for sharing!
    Jayne
    jaynesquiltingroom.blogspot.com

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  3. I think I needagottahaveone!

    http://becauseisaysew.blogspot.com/

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  4. Very cute! I'm hand embroidering and working on odds and ends. ;-) Have a happy rest of the week!

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  5. Ohh I really like! You are just have the coolest projects!

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  6. I love your pillow. It's really a fantastic phrase. I'm sewing hexies and I still have a lot of them to do.
    Don't miss my blogiversary giveaway.

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  7. Very very cute - love the phrase and of course the pillow. It looks like it wasnt fun to remove the paper.
    I´m working on a toddler quilt right now - yesterday wasnt a real good sewing day -> I became very close with the seam ripper :(

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  8. What a great saying and a beaut big cushion.
    You always do such fantastic things.
    I am working on my star blocks for the Quilt-A-Long I have joined with Melissa.

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  9. That's so cute. I think I need one in my sewing room too. Have you ever seen the disolvable stabilizer mostly for machine embroidery. You can run it thru your copy machine, stitch then put it under water and it goes away. It's wonderful and would work great for this kind of thing. I got mine thru Marathon Threads at a quilt show in town.

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  10. Beautiful, and I see it has the "canine paw of approval" too.

    (o:

    Blessings & Hugs

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  11. Love it!!! What room did you put it in? Have a fabulous day!

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  12. I LOVE this!!! What a brilliant idea! Your little cushion turned so beautifully!!! I may just have to make one like this soon!!!!

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  13. How cute! Love it...and definitely worth the hard work. =)

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  14. hahah! What a great quote, and so true!

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  15. I love this Polly - I need to make it for a friend! blessings, marlene

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  16. Polly:
    Congratulations on your WIN over on Sew Cal Gal's Pets on Quilts!
    I'm sorry Yogi didn't win in his category - he will always be Number 1 to me!

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  17. I found this pinned on someone's Pinterest board with credit given to you....I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CUSHION :) Now, cos of Pinterest you have another follower....strange how people can discover each other....

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  18. Awesome. I love this so much, I'd love to make it my profile pic on Facebook! :)

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  19. Ayyy que genial!! me encanta.. voy a compartirlo en mi facebook con un enlace a tu blog, por supuesto..

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Thank you sooooooo very much for taking the time to leave a comment! I am always happy to know that someone is reading my ramblings!! Polly :-)