I can't help it...I freakin' love this pillow

My Mom and I have very different taste. Her house is very refined and with a mostly cream color palate. My house is very eclectic, chaotic and has TONS of color. You know, pretty much the complete opposite of each other. When the holidays or her birthday roll around, well, normally I have a very hard time finding/ making her something that she likes. Now don't get me wrong, she's my Mom and she loves any gift I give her but this year I made something that we both loved.

It's a Dresden Plate turned Sunflower Pillow.

And I am pleased as punch with how it turned out.

As with lots of my projects, it begin it's life with the intent of being something completely different. First it was going to be a wall hanging like the quilted one I made for Maisy's room then it was just going to be a flower type thing sewn to some green felt and then hung up ( I nixed that idea 'cause I knew she'd hate it but I will probably try it in my house). Finally I got the bright idea to make it into a pillow. The construction is pretty simple. I quilted the dresden plate to some green wool felt with another piece of felt in the middle to give it some dimension. Then I cut it out, sewed it to another piece of wool felt and then stuffed it as well as I could.

I have to say that this was one of my all time favorite finished projects. Someday I'll get around to making myself one or...I'll just steal Mom's when she isn't looking.