Stupid nursery project #202: Decorative pillows for use on baby's rocking chair. I happen to be in possession of two perfectly goods ones from PBK that will be out of our lives shortly. Though I hate to recover their expensive pillows rather than just buy new cheap ones, for the sake of simplicity I'm going for it. As mentioned in my previous post, baby's quilt features a walrus. Throughout our lives, my sister and I have had a thing for odd animals - I can think of at least two childhood stories that involved us rolling around on the ground laughing hysterically about a hippopotamus. Given this history, the walrus is of great appeal to our demented little minds. As such, it is only natural that one of baby's pillows incorporate the walrus. Unfortunately the rest of the world doesn't seem as intrigued by walruses as we are, and several shopping trips and google searches for "walrus fabric" has left me empty-handed. That's where felt comes in handy. I discovered last night I apparently have some magical creative powers with making things of felt (yet another stupid human trick that will fail to make me rich).
Starting with this as my guide (see cute fuzzy walrus middle row, right)...
I drew this pattern...
Which I then used to cut out the individual felt pieces, which eventually turned into this...
I love him. As I am not yet able to sew (it's on my short list of things to take up), this is all I can show for now. I intend to hand stitch the pieces together (this one I can do - the only skill you need to excel here is anal-retentiveness) and apply it to the recovered pillow (picture to follow) with iron-on adhesive. Wish me luck!
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