A Rose is a Rose III

This cute little pillow is made another from my Rose is a Rose series of pillows featuring digitally printed canvas using photos I took of a vase of roses I had in my living room.

To add a bit of fun to the pillow, I stitched some vintage bobble pom-pom trim to each.

The pillow has a floral cotton back and is stuffed with polyester toy fill.


Please check out my etsy store for more of these great little highlight pillows.

A Rose is a Rose IV

This cute little pillow is the fourth in my Rose is a Rose series based on photographs I took of a vase of roses.

Adding a frill made from a torn strip of yellow and white striped cotton I think makes the pillow a bit more fun.


The perfect accessory for a ladies' boudoir or girl's bedroom.

The pillow has a cotton back and is stuffed with polyester toy fill.

Please check out my etsy store for more of these great little highlight pillows.

Kiss Kiss

This cute and colourful little pillow is another in my series of digitaly manipulated images that I've printed onto canvas.

The image on this pillow is a crop of a digitally manipulated photo of white feathers on a very green lawn.  Unfortunately, some poor birdy had met its end on my neighbour's front lawn and the contrast of the white feathers on the green grass was more than I could resist so I took a load of photos - macabre of me, I know.

Looking at this one I noticed what looks like red lips & white teeth which gave me its title, Kiss Kiss.

This time, I've added a double frill of red and pink silks for extra texture.


The pillow has a cute back of white polka dots on pink and is stuffed with polyester toy fill.


Please check out my etsy store for more of these great little accent pillows.

Baubles & Beads II

This cute little pillow measures just 9" x 7" (23cm x 18cm) and is made from silk. I added a bit of fun by printing onto organza an image I had taken of a bead & wire brooch that I had made a while back. I then zig zag stitched the organza onto the silk pillow front making unique little accent pillow.



The pillow is stuffed with polyester toy fill.


I have another little silk pillow available in my etsy store as well as loads more fibre fantasies.

Interwoven Orange Mini II

This unique little square accent pillow measures just 9.5" (24cm) and started life as a piece of unprimed artist's cotton canvas. I hand printed various shapes onto the canvas using acrylic paint. I then ripped the canvas into strips and wove them back together adding in random pieces of velvet ribbon and hand dyed silk organza. This weaving was then randomly machine stitched onto a calico backing to form this lush and luxurious cushion cover.

The back is made from sturdy unprimed artist's cotton canvas and the pillow is stuffed with polyester toy fill.
 
for more great accent pillows and other fibre fantasies, please visit my etsy store. 



Giveaway Day is here! And the winner is...

AND THE WINNER IS............. Jeanne

I will email you for your postal address and get your pillow on it's way.

Thank you to all the fabulous comments - lots of food for thought there while I decide what I want to achieve in 2012.

As an additional thank you to all those who entered, I am offering a 21% discount for all purchases from my etsy store until next Saturday, 24 December (Australia time).  I've chosen 21% as that's the number of wonderful comments I received.  I will email each of you with further details. If you don't receive an email, please contact me for the discount code.


Welcome to my post for Sew Mama Sew's Giveaway Day.  To be in the running for the spectacular pillow pictured below is so simple.  All you need to do is leave a comment for this post and to make things interesting, let me know what you'd like to achieve in 2012.  I don't call them resolutions (they're made to be broken) - it could be finally losing that pesky 5 pounds that simply won't shift to finally decluttering the junk drawer in the kitchen to oh, I don't know, perhaps world peace. 

Winner will be drawn randomly on 16 December (US time) / 17 December (Australia time).  International entries welcome.

This cute little pillow measures 11" x 8" / 28cm x 20cm and is made from digitally printed canvas using a photo I manipulated in PhotoShop although I've manipulated it so well I can't remember what the image originally was!!  I love the effect created and the metallic silver adds a bit of zing.

I added in a frill of hand dyed silk organza embellised with a metallic print for extra texture.
 The pillow has a purple striped cotton back and is stuffed with polyester toy fill.


Please check out my etsy store for more of these great little accent pillows.

A Rose is a Rose II

This cute little pillow is made from digitally printed canvas using a photo I took of some roses I had in my living room.

I then added a large ruffle of hand dyed silk organza for a little extra extravagance. The perfect accessory for a ladies' boudoir or girl's bedroom.

The pillow has a calico back and is stuffed with polyester toy fill.

Please check out my etsy store for more of these great little accent pillows and other fibre fantasies.  

Giveaway Day

A quick note to let you know that I will be participating in Sew Mama Sew's Giveaway Day this week.  Starting Monday 12 December (US time) / Tuesday, 13 December (Australia time) and running for a week you will be able to visit loads of blogs and enter to win something fantastic. 

I will be giving away one of my fantastic pillows (which one you may ask - all will be revealed on Tuesday).  To enter, simply leave a comment on the Giveaway post and you'll be in the running.

It's sure to be an exciting week.

My Creative Space

This week it's all about Christmas...

I rearranged my living room furniture earlier this year and no longer had anywhere cat-proof to put a Christmas tree so I decided to make a something that I could hang from the door. As most of my decorations are pin-dolls I could then just pin them to the hanging.  In keeping with my use it up before buying anything new policy, I went through my fabric box and came up with some calico and some hand-dyed silk organza in a perfect pine tree green and this is what resulted.

Which together with my Xmas pin-doll collection...

Ended up like this...

I have to say I'm pretty pleased with it and it won't take up much space to store - the "tree" will hang in the wardrobe and the decorations fit into shoebox.

What's been happening in your Creative Space this week?  Visit other crafty types at Our Creative Spaces for more goodness.

Tangles

This cute and colourful little pillow is made from digitally printed canvas using a photo I took of debris on the beach that I then manipulated and re-coloured in PhotoShop.

 I added in a frill of hand dyed silk organza for extra texture.

The pillow has a calico back and is stuffed with polyester toy fill.


Please check out my etsy store for more of these great little accent pillows.

Beads & Baubles I

This cute little pillow measures just 11" x 8" (28cm x 20cm) and is made from silk with a canvas back. I added a bit of fun by printing onto organza an image I had taken of a bead & wire brooch that I had made a while back. I then zig zag stitched the organza onto the silk pillow front making unique little accent pillow.

The pillow is stuffed with polyester toy fill.
I have another little silk pillow available in my etsy store as well as more fabulous fibre fantasies.

My Creative Space

This week it's all about Weaving...

I've been working with this idea for a whole but have a few bits of woven canvas left and am playing around with what to do with them - more accent pillows or something else...

These woven pieces and pillows started out as artworks that I completed while studying towards a Diploma of Visual Art.  Originally, I hand printed unprimed artist's canvas with different shapes.  Once dry, I tore the canvas into strips then wove them back together adding in hand-dyed silk organza and velvet ribbons.  I then randomly machine stitched the woven piece onto a calico back.

I decided that they'd make great decorator pillows/cushions so that's what they've mostly become. 

These pillows and other fabulous fibre fantasies are available in my etsy store with more to come.
What's in your Creative Space this week? Visit Our Creative Spaces for more creativity.

Interwoven Orange Mini I

This unique little square accent pillow measures just 9.5" (24cm) and started life as a piece of unprimed artist's cotton canvas. I hand printed various shapes onto the canvas using acrylic paint. I then ripped the canvas into strips and wove them back together adding in random pieces of velvet ribbon and hand dyed silk organza. This weaving was then randomly machine stitched onto a calico backing to form this lush and luxurious cushion cover.

The back is made from sturdy unprimed artist's cotton canvas and the pillow is stuffed with polyester toy fill. 
 
For more great accent pillows and other fibre fantasies, please visit my etsy store.

Green Frills

This cute little pillow is made from digitally printed canvas using a photo I manipulated in PhotoShop although I've manipulated it so well I can't remember what the image originally was!!

I added in a frill of hand dyed silk organza for extra texture.
  

The pillow has a calico back and is stuffed with polyester toy fill.


Please check out my etsy store for more of these great little accent pillows and other fibre fantasies.

My Creative Space

This week it's all about Roses....

I've been playing around with some photos I took of a vase of roses that was sitting on a side table in my living room.  The colours and shapes were intriguing so I printed some of the images onto printable canvas and have been making them into little accent pillows adding vintage trim, ribbons and torn hand-dyed silk organza frills for added texture.

These pillows and other fabulous fibre fantasies are available in my etsy store with more to come.

What's in your Creative Space this week?  Visit Our Creative Spaces for more creativity.

Interwoven Orange

Interwove Orange is another unique pillow/cushion cover from my Interwoven series.

This cover started life as a piece of unprimed artist's cotton canvas. I hand printed various shapes onto the canvas using acrylic paint. I then ripped the canvas into strips and wove them back together adding in random pieces of velvet ribbon and hand dyed silk organza. This weaving was then randomly machine stitched onto a calico backing to form this lush and luxurious cushion cover.


The back is made from sturdy unprimed artist's cotton canvas with a zip closure

This pillow cover is designed to fit 16"/40cm pillow/cushion insert.

Please visit my Etsy store for more covers from this series.

Interwoven Blue Mini II

This unique little pillow/cushion measures just 10" x 8" (26cm x 22cm) and started life as a piece of unprimed artist's cotton canvas. I hand printed various shapes onto the canvas using acrylic paint. I then ripped the canvas into strips and wove them back together adding in random pieces of velvet ribbon and hand dyed silk organza. This weaving was then randomly machine stitched onto a calico backing to form this lush and luxurious cushion cover.

The back is made from sturdy unprimed artist's cotton canvas and the pillow is stuffed with polyester toy fill.
 
Please visit my Etsy store more great pillows and covers.

My Creative Space

This week it's all about Silk, Baubles & Beads...

Playing around with printing digital photos onto fabric, I took a couple of photos that I had taken of some bead & wire brooches I'd made I printed them onto organza and then zig zag stitched the prints onto some gorgeous blue silk and made up 2 cute little accent pillows - they only meausre 11" x 8" and 9" x 8". 

This is definitely something that I'll be exploring further - heaps of fun.

These pillows and other fabulous fibre fantasies are available in my etsy store with more to come.

What's in your Creative Space this week? Visit Our Creative Spaces for more creativity.

A Rose is a Rose

This cute little pillow is made from digitally printed canvas using a photo I took of some roses I had in my living room.

I then machine the last of my favourite vintage green rose trim to make it even more girly & feminine - the perfect accessory for a ladies' boudoir or girl's bedroom.

The pillow has a calico back and is stuffed with polyester toy fill.

Please check out my Etsy store for more of these great little highlight pillows.

On the Wings of a Butterfly II

Another in my series featuring butterfly wings hand printed in varying sizes and colours onto unprimed artists canvas using acrylic paints forming this unique one-of-a-kind 18" square cushion / pillow cover.
 The back is made from cream stretch linen with a zip closure.



Please visit my Etsy store more great pillow covers

Vintage Stripes & Bobbles

This groovy 14" pillow/cushion cover made from vintage purple striped fabric embellished with a border of vintage bobble trim. The colours clash just enough to make it work.

Please visit my Etsy store for more great pillow covers.

My Creative Space

This week it's all about digital....

Digitally manipulated photos printed and transformed into little accent pillows embellished with ribbons and silk are being created in my Creative Space.

What's your Creative Space? Head over to Our Creative Spaces for more crafty goodness.

And don't forget to visit my Etsy store for more fibre fantasies.

Interwoven Blue Mini I

This unique little pillow/cushion measures just 10" x 8" (26cm x 22cm) and started life as a piece of unprimed artist's cotton canvas. I hand printed various shapes onto the canvas using acrylic paint. I then ripped the canvas into strips and wove them back together adding in random pieces of velvet ribbon and hand dyed silk organza. This weaving was then randomly machine stitched onto a calico backing to form this lush and luxurious cushion cover.

The back is made from sturdy unprimed artist's cotton canvas and the pillow is stuffed with polyester toy fill.

Please visit my Etsy store for more great pillows and covers.

Apples & Oranges

Apples & Oranges is a cute little rectangular pillow/cushion cover that measures 15" x 11" / 39cm x 28cm and is made from fabric featuring green apples and embellished with a border of giant orange rick-rack.

A very fruity pillow cover

It has a calico back with a zipper closure.

 
Please visit my Etsy store for more great pillows and covers.

On the Wings of a Butterfly I

Butterfly wings in varying sizes and colours have been printed onto unprimed artists canvas using acrylic paints form this unique one-of-a-kind 18" square cushion / pillow cover.

The back is made from cream stretch linen with a zip closure.

Please visit my Etsy store more great pillow covers

Tutti Frutti

Tutti Frutti is a cute little pillow made from digitally printed canvas using a photo I manipulated in PhotoShop although I've manipulated it so well I can't remember what the image originally was!!


I then machine embroidered the canvas using turquoise blue silk thread and embellished with a strip of vintage pink satin ribbon overlaid with a narrow strip of yellow ribbon.

The pillow has a calico back and is stuffed with polyester toy fill.


Check out my etsy store for more these great little highlight pillows.

My Creative Space

This week it's all about orange....

Cushion covers and cute little accent pillows are being created in my Creative Space.

What's your Creative Space?  Head over to Our Creative Spaces for more creative goodness.

And don't forget to visit my Etsy store for more fibre fantasies

Vintage Flower Garden

Vintage Garden is a gorgeous 18" / 45cm square pillow/cushion cover made from vintage fabrics featuring green, orange & yellow flowers and embellished with a border of giant orange rick-rack.

It has a calico back with a zipper closure. 
 

Check out my etsy store (http://www.etsy.com/shop/fionasfibrefantasies) for more great cushion covers, including the apples cover featured above.



Interwoven Blue I

This unique 16"/35cm pillow/cushion cover started life as aa series of artworks that I created while studying towards my Visual Arts Diploma.  

They were created by hand printing various shapes onto unprimed artist's cotton canvas using acrylic paint. I then ripped the canvas into strips and wove them back together adding in random pieces of velvet ribbon and silk organza that I had dyed into complementary colours. This weaving was then randomly machine stitched onto a calico backing to form this lush and luxurious cushion cover.



The back is made from sturdy unprimed artist's cotton canvas with a zip closure


This cover is currently available in my etsy store http://www.etsy.com/shop/fionasfibrefantasies