Plethora of Pillows

I have been busy at my machine preparing for my participation in the Sweet on Spring celebration at the gardens of my friend, Suzanne St. Pierre. This event promises to bring to life the energy we all feel as the world reawakens with intensity to the color and life of spring. As I sit in my studio with the sun pouring through the windows and birdsong surrounding me again, I can't think of a better way to acknowledge spring fever than to simply embrace it with a celebration!

Over half of my new pillows for this event are made from vintage fabrics and all of them are meant to bring color and brightness into play during this time of year when winter looks so weary. Hopefully you will agree that these pillows put you in mind of the great out-of-doors --and that there are some that just make you smile.

New Possibilities

Recently I hosted a fun afternoon in my studio with three friends and lots and lots of wool fiber. We were learning to do wool felting and exploring the creative possibilities using this technique. What we learned is that it quickly becomes an obsessive activity! It is much like painting only with more of a three dimensional effect either on flat wool surfaces or by actually making wool "sculptures". My goal is to incorporate this great technique into future pillow designs to make truly unique pillows. How fun!

Vintage Fabrics

I have lots of fun vintage fabrics in my growing collection. These striped pillows are vintage fabric of 100% cotton with fringe embellishments. It's interesting that fabric that is more than 20 years old looks so perfectly modern and fresh. It just goes to show that you should never get rid of fabric that you have stashed away!

I am fortunate to be a part of the seasonal opening of the garden shop of my friend, Suzanne, with a celebration called "Sweet on Spring". This is Suzanne's version of the Northwest Garden Show and promises to be a fun and inspiring weekend filled with a variety of sights, smell, tastes and textures. Along with Suzanne's beautiful garden will be Cowgirl Chocolates and Calamity Jane's antique furniture and my pillows. It promises to be a day of fun and high energy as we give in to spring fever! Please join us on March 7. More details are available on Suzanne's website.

Learning!

Well, my novice skills at managing a blog became evident this morning. Either that or the site did something strange! I went to delete a duplicate comment and instead of deleting a single comment, they were all deleted! So, I retrieved the comments from my email and now they look like posts from me, but they are really the comments from others. That won't happen again! I'm going back to my sewing machine now--it's something I definitely know how to handle.

Hey Jersey!
I'm nearly ready for another photo shoot. I've got several new pillows finished and more in the making. I'm looking forward to a fun day with you and your camera!
Carla

Hi Carla,
My camera is itching for another photo shoot!
Jersey

Very nice blue background. Good choice!
Lida

Marvelous,Carla!
Look forward to your next creation~Caliope

Hi Carla,
My cousin, Heidi Z., just passed along your website to me. Love your pillows and I'll be very interested in seeing your vintage fabrics.
Welcome to blogging!
cheers,
Charmaine