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70767Very nice wedding pillow! Great job!
by sanjoy51
01 Jul 2009
Thank you I will be doing an anniversary pillow case for this month soon.50 years.
13907Sandra, this is precious! You've done an outstanding job.
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8733Very pretty. I did several white-on-white, which does not show up well in a picture. This one's so beautiful!
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57801I love it also! What type of material did you use and what size is the pillow.My future daughter in law want me to do one for their wedding.
by sanjoy51
02 Jun 2009
Thank you, it's made from delusted satin and I think it was 11" square less the seams. I think the designs were from ann the gran and I did the writing. Trick to writing dont have it too small. I had trouble when writing was too small.
11473This is SO beautiful! I'm sure that it will be a treasured gift. *4U
by sanjoy51
02 Jun 2009
Thank you and yes it is a treasured gift, she cried when she saw it as she didnt know what it would be like she thought it was just going to be a plain white pillow with nothing on it. So it is a real keepsake and she really appreciated it. Makes it all worthwhile when you see the look on the face.
29871Sandra, it looks fantastic, well done and *4U Hugs Yvonne
132773i was 'googling' for ring and saw this nice ring pillow. I cannot and dont know how to add that lace? or rope kind of finishing to the center of the pillow edge....... the embroidery wk is very nice. Well Done! Very professional
by eveve
02 Jun 2009
LOL forgot i already posted.. but this shows how impressive i am with this ring pillow hahahha :P
by sanjoy51
02 Jun 2009
eveve, the rope around the edge is piping, it is already made and bought from the shop. Only tricky bit is tapering it off on the bottom, but not hard you can do it. Have confidence.
1920WOW, Sandra, that is just wonderful!! You have been busy for sure. Hope things will slow down a bit now for you and you can get more stitching done.
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by sanjoy51
25 Sep 2008
Thanks Carol, things are slowing to what they were and can get back into the quilt cover I have been trying to make since December 07. Hope to post it soon.
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by sanjoy51
25 Sep 2008
Thank you, yes they did love it, she was over welmed as she didnt know what it would be like until we got there the day before the wedding.
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10164Beautiful!! Considering the trouble you had...Job well done. I bet she loved it for sure and she will treasure it forever!!!!
by sanjoy51
25 Sep 2008
Thank you, I am glad I got it all worked out in the end. She didn't realise that it would be such a keepsake to keep. She was just thinking that it would just be a plain pillow with just the rings on it and nothing else, she was a bit blown away with it and didnt know what she was expecting, but wasnt expecting it to be as beautiful as it is. She loved it very much.
23265What an a beautiful work of art! I can imagine that they just loved it. One of a kind! *
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34304sandra, that is sew beautiful, looks absolutely gorgeous.
25546This is so lovely. Dont you just feel proud with the final results :)
42046That really is lovely and you did a wonderful job with the designs and their placement...what a treasure...*4u
by sanjoy51
22 Sep 2008
Thank you coco128, I think placement is everything to bring it all together as well.
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46645Sandra, you did a spectacular job - I know they will treasure it. Who wouldn't?
211078What of the noble cushions! I love the designs. Gr Hilde
38135This is nice! May i know the fabrics u have used & how u go about choosing yr stabiliser etc? How did u finish that edge? I'm a newbie so checking things out. hehe. I love the top 2 graphics chosen. The color combination of them and the nice wordings.
by sanjoy51
23 Sep 2008
Thank you Eveve, I hope this will not be too long, but you asked the question and here it is.
The fabric is Delusted Satin-colour Ivory.
I started by cutting a 12inch square with the rotary cutter.In the original Dove & Ribbon design, the ribbon colours are purple and violet. I changed them to match the bridesmaids, they were the darker pink and in all used the three shades of pink. The design is one design and used the larger frame of 130mm W x 180mm H. The design is by Ann Cobb and found it in the wedding section on AnnTheGran. The edging is Ivory cord piping bought ready made from the shop. You need to clip the piping in the corners when laying it on the satin so it sits down better and behaves in the corners. Stabiliser-Well!,did try to use cutaway and smaller writing, BUT had lots of troubles with thread breaking and cotton tangling up in the bobbin etc. After 5 hours of this and had only got the writing and the blue birds on the bottom done and started the top design and then the top messed up I was at my wits end and in tears. I tried to unpick the top design where I had started but it was too thick and couldn't be done. I had done everything I could, you name it I done it. So, I left it for awhile and went back to my program and enlarged the writing a little bit,I changed the heading by leaving out one word and to how it is now,I re spaced everything. The next morning I started a fresh cushion. I also changed the stabiliser to a medium tearaway and got started. It sewed out with only one break in the g in springhaven and the last outline on the white doves, and sewed in the right amount of time. I was happy then. So the conclusion is that the thickness of the fabric and cutaway was too thick and it didn't matter what the brand of cotton it was it broke them all. So for all that I am very happy how it turned out. Oh yes then I had to stuff it. I used 4 layers of fluffy wadding and sewed 3 edges down a little so it wouldnt come apart when I put it inside. Then hand sewed it shut. I had already sewed the ribbons on before I did the piping, trimming and clipping. Springhaven is the name of the property where they live and married on. So there you have it. Hope it has helped someone.
by eveve
02 Jun 2009
Thanks dear! I am saving this up and well go through this. I am going to make one ring pillow for my friend so yea, i will try and hopefully i can do a ring pillow thats 80% of yr standard. hehehhehe it sound so time consuming :( Lots of hardwork is put into embroidery wk.
by eveve
02 Jun 2009
I forgot to add, it is really frustrating when things dont get done well. Luckily u are able to work through it and get it done so nicely! I plan to do a test sewing using ordinary threads first to figure out the positioning of the embroidery design and then do it with silver or gold threads when the design is finalised... and there is nothing wrong with the fonts etc. Hope and pray that i can do a good job.
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8045Lovely design, nice keepsake.My husband never wears his ring, says he'll lose it when swimming, a nice cushion like this might have been handy (of course, I could always make one, but after 44 years...)
by sanjoy51
23 Sep 2008
Thank you Mops, my husband lost a ring in the surf while he was swimming, it just took it off his finger, so I can understand why your husband feels like that at least he doesn't want to loose it. Congradulations to you both for the last 44 years of marriage. I hope you have many more years ahead of you. May be you could make one for your 50th.
145190Just beautiful. Wonderful treasure. The designer
by shirlener88
22 Sep 2008
Welcome to the CUTE family 'the designer' - can't wait to find out why you have that name - or which famous designer you are - Hehehe! Hope to see some of your designs in the projects, soon!
by sanjoy51
22 Sep 2008
Welcome to the Cute family 'the designer'- yes if you are the designer of the top design - thank you so much for such a beautiful design. If not then thank you for your comments.
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by sanjoy51
23 Sep 2008
Thank you Americangirl, yes it is the first one I have made and I was a little scared on it because of that. I didn't know what to put on it other than the names and the date.
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62459this is realy beautiful, can you remember where the design is from?because it is so adorable?
by sanjoy51
23 Sep 2008
Gerry I can remember,if you read Eveve's reply everyone will know all the in's and out's of the cushion because thats what she wants to know. lol.
740083wow wow real great i love it and a flower for you gr sonja
30638This is just so nice anyone would love to have a gift like that.
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