Tutorial Tuesday- Carrie from Dittle Dattle

Hello!

I know that it is late in the evening,

 and I said that I would post the guest posting sometime this afternoon;

but I didn't tell you what time zone I would post this...hahahha just kidding. 

I am still stress free and not worrying about it-really I am not. 

I am glad that I got it posted though.

So here I am so happy to be able to share this wonderful tutorial.

Today we have

Carrie

from

Dittle Dattle

guest posting for us.

She has a fabulous tutorial for a cute and adorable Valentine's Day Subway Art Pillow!

I hope you really enjoy!!

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Hello Happy Home Maker and Momma readers!

My name is Carrie and I coming here today from Dittle Dattle! 

I started blogging about 10 months ago as a means to encourage myself to finish the many unfinished projects and never ending to-do list that I have.  My blog, Dittle Dattle, is my journal to all my completed projects!  I love to create knock-off projects!  You know…. taking something that is way out of my budget and then figuring out a way to make it for way way less!   

There are so many wonderful Valentine’s Day subway art floating around the internet.  I just happened to stumble on this great subway art from Krista at While He Was Napping.  With her permission, I used her subway art to create a pillow!

With the help of my Cricut machine and freezer paper, I first made a stencil. 

I have done this technique before  HERE and HERE, so , I’ll run through the steps rather quickly. 

Iron on the freezer paper stencil to a white fabric square.  My fabric measured 13x13. {allowing for half inch seam allowance, my finished pillow measures 12x12} 

Then paint, using 50/50 paint and textile medium mixture.

Remove the freezer paper carefully and once the paint is dry heat set with a hot dry iron.

Sew the two 13x13 squares together and pressed with an iron.  The fabric I was using was pretty thin.   I was worried that the the poly-fiber filling would show through the thin material and look lump.  Before I stuffed it, I cut a flat piece of quilt batting and placed it inside the pillow casing.   Then I stuffed in between the layers of batting.

Of course it need something…. RED! 

I didn’t have any red satin material but I did find a wide ribbon {at my mom’s house…. the best place to go shopping!}   and embroidered the word LOVE. Then I sewed the to ends of the ribbon together to create a band and slipped it over the pillow. 

For my non-sewing friends, I think you could make this using a ready made pillow.   If I was attempting it on a 3 dimensional object, I would cut the stencil down in to more manageable sizes.  Or an even easier idea is to use transfer paper!!! Just remember to reverse the wording {or mirror image} before printing off on transfer paper.  If you make one, I would love to see and hear about it.

Thank you Kelly-Jo inviting me to be your guest blogger today.

Have the best day ever,

Carrie