Good day to you, lovelies!
Thursday has arrived and the weekend is just around the corner.
My dear friends, will you be doing anything special?
I would love to hear about your plans.
Today I wanted to show you these delightful patriotic pillows that I made
using a lovely blogging friend's pattern.
Aren't they just the sweetest?
My wonderful friend Donna from Lavender Nest
shared a pillow that she had made which you can find here
and when I saw it I simply fell in love with it.
Donna was very kind to point her readers in the direction of
for the tutorial which you can find by clicking on the link below:
The tutorial is very easy to follow along
and I must say that once you start making the blocks
you'll want to keep making them as they are fun and addicting :)
I had intended to make only one,
but three later. . .
You might be wondering where the third one is.
Well, I made it with more country-type fabrics.
I used a cream, blue, and dusty rose color-theme.
I love that you can do almost any color
and it still looks like our American flag.
As you saw in the photos I kept one pillow "traditional" with the reds and blues,
but I stepped outside of the box and made one with pinks, blues, and whites.
I have to confess that it was very hard for me to keep from embellishing these pillows
with a fabric flower, pearls, or buttons.
You know how I love to embellish,
but there are some things that look beautiful just as they are
and these pillows are one of them.
I tucked my two patriotic pillows in a vintage crate by my tea cart.
What do you think?
And the other pillow looked nice on my bed. . .
But I knew it would look better in my mom's home
since she likes Primitive country decor so I gave it to her :)
Many thanks to Heather for the delightful tutorial!
I greatly appreciate her sharing her talents with us.
I hope you check her beautiful blog out
and make one of your own patriotic pillows.
You can find the tutorial here.
And thanks to sweet Donna for mentioning Heather's block tutorial.
Have a beautiful weekend, my friends!
And Happy 4th of July!
{{ hugs }}