Monday, January 24, 2011

A Valentine's Day Pillow

I finally put my Christmas pillows away.  I didn't have any other covers that fit these pillow forms so the Christmas ones stayed on longer than they should have.  I decided to pull a little fabric from my L'Amour stack and make a Valentine's pillow cover since I don't have any other Valentine's Day decorations.

I'm becoming a bit obsessed with diamonds.  I completely blame Rachel.  You definitely need to check out her fabulous Nook cover.  I'm also slowly getting better at them.  They are a little tricky.  I unpicked several rows trying to get all those crazy points to line up.  I did these the cheater way and saved myself lots of time.  I put this guy together in two nap times.

It's always fun to make something completely from your stash, although I didn't even make a dent in my massive L'Amour stash.  At least I used some of it.




 
I'm entering this pillow in the Blogger's Pillow Party over at Stitched in Color.  Head over and check out all the other cute pillows list this month.

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25 comments:

  1. Stray Stitches (Linda G)January 24, 2011 at 6:06 AM

    Beautiful pillow! I love the fabric selection. Your diamonds look perfect to me.

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  2. the gathering girlsJanuary 24, 2011 at 6:20 AM

    Its a beautiful pillow...I also love the look of the diamonds but haven't tried them yet.

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  3. Elizabeth DacksonJanuary 24, 2011 at 6:37 AM

    Gorgeous. I must say, diamonds intimidate the heck out of me - but yours look fantastic! I love this pillow, it's so darn cute!

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  4. AliJanuary 24, 2011 at 6:54 AM

    After my one diamond pillow attempt I have sworn off them. It is TOUGH to get the points to line up, but you did a FABULOUS job. Gorgeous pillow.

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  5. Jessica KellyJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    This is gorgeous, and your points look perfect! I love those diamonds, it definitly needs to go on my "things I want to try" list

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  6. Katie BJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:06 AM

    Sweet pillow! Love the diamonds!

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  7. NorahSJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    Very nice. Great diamonds!

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  8. KateJanuary 24, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    I used L'Amour in my Valentine's pillow, too! I used a much simpler design than diamonds, though. Those look impressive.

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  9. LeeJanuary 24, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    Oooh, love it. The points look great.

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  10. sukieJanuary 24, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Great work woman!!

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  11. Flo @ Butterfly QuiltingJanuary 24, 2011 at 8:51 AM

    This looks amazing....but all those points scare me! I think I will look in awe and wait for a while before I try anything like this.

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  12. CarolynJanuary 24, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    Oh, it's beautiful!

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  13. SabrinaJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    Too cute. I think that fabric worked great for a Valentine's pillow.

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  14. CourtJanuary 24, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    Oh goodness! I LOVE it!!

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  15. JenJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:31 PM

    this is so gorgeous! It would match my living room to a T! Love this!!

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    This is so beautiful! I definitely want to try diamonds someday, and your pillow is very inspiring. Thanks for sharing!

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  17. Christie describeHappyJanuary 24, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    So pretty! I like how you measured the finish time in # of naps... haha! Do you have pillow covers for other seasons?

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  18. Rachel at Stitched in ColorJanuary 24, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    Wow, that is amazing. Lovely workmanship!

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  19. BrookeJanuary 24, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    I love how you just knock these pillows out so fast. Seriously...I need to take some lessons from you on SPEED.

    I love the diamonds in this fabric. Adorable!

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  20. felicityJanuary 24, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    GORGEOUS as usual, Kati! What's the "cheater way" of doing diamonds - piecing strips then cutting at an angle? I may need to try that...

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  21. RachelJanuary 24, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Awesome! I Think 2011 is going to be the year of the diamond. I have a million ideas on different layouts running through my head. How wide did you cut your strips?

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  22. ShelleyJanuary 25, 2011 at 8:04 AM

    Love this pillow and great tutorial too!

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  23. Tracey JacobsenJanuary 25, 2011 at 7:47 PM

    this is how I do diamonds... it's really not too hard that way at all!

    gorgeous pillow! :)

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  24. Nabanita RoyJanuary 28, 2011 at 2:34 AM

    really awesomee...:)

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  25. QuiltstoryJanuary 31, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    So super cute! Love it~!

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