The Contest Winners are Announced!

The winners of the Punching Idol contest have been announced! Sadly, I was not one of them, but I am proud of my pillow nonetheless. We were given 36 hours to complete the pillow and were required to punch the entire base with pantyhose! Yes, you read correctly - pantyhose!! The theme for the pillow was "Magical Forest of Good and Evil". Our pillows had to show that theme. Can you see my evil trees? George won the Ellegante' embroidery machine, Trudy won the Sulky Metallic Thread collection and Kathy won the Amazing Designs embroidery CD's. A big congratulations to them. Their links are on this page, as well as the other contestants. Please go look at their creations!

My Favorite Gals at the B.Sew Inn!!

Me, Judy, JoAnn and Fyrne holding my pillows at the B.Sew Inn in Springfield, Missouri. That is my Baby Lock dealer - far from my home in Tennessee, but worth the trip! Dissatisfied with just wool roving, JoAnn introduced me to Christopher Nejman's book, the DVD and his website where he was using gorgeous fabrics with the embellisher to create beautiful pillows. Thank you, JoAnn! Judy, JoAnn and Fyrne have been following my progress and supporting me all the way.

Venturing Off on My Own

While waiting for our new assignment from Christopher after our first, Harem of Color, pillow, I decided to try a pillow on my own. It was October, and I thought a fall pillow would look good on the family room sofa. I drew a pattern on the cotton duck base and "jumped in". This is my pillow.

Desert Jewel

I'm continuing to practice Christopher's techniques using his Pillows book. This one is on page 112, entitled Desert Turquoise. Since I changed it by eliminating the mirror and crystals and keeping with only the turquoise stones, I named mine Desert Jewel. This was my first attempt at making fringe with the fringemaker and I must say, it turned out really pretty. Using the fringemaker enables you to get just the right colors in your fringe to frame your pillow.