How to make a flamingo pillow?
My sister’s three year anniversary with her fiance is coming up so she wants to make something special for him. She wants to make a pink flamingo pillow for him (his favorite animal) so she asked me to try and find a pattern/guide or something to help her, but I can’t find anything.So can someone with skill for the craft lend a helping hand?
You have a few choices here. One (the most difficult by far) is to make a pillow in the shape of a flamingo. Another (not quite as hard, but still slightly tedious) is to get a pattern for a flamingo cut-out, make it from colored fabric, and applique it onto a solid-color background and make that into an oval or rectangular pillow. Then again, you could get transfer paper and print out a picture of flamingoes and make a pillow out of that. The simplest by far would be to hit the quilting shops in your area and find pink flamingo fabric. Make a couple of pillows out of that.
If your sister has asked you to do this, I’m guessing she does not sew. She would, obviously, opt for the most difficult option, I’m sure, as she is not doing the work. I would recommend either of the last two. You look them over and see what you think you can pull off. Then, if you like, email me for instructions on how to make a pattern for the cut-out to applique or for instructions to make a shaped flamingo pillow. (Please be specific if you email me. I am glad to help, but get requests fairly often. One gal wrote "Yes, please. Tell me about how to do that.")
Suz on October 31st 2009 in crafting guide
thejanith responded on 01 Nov 2009 at 4:15 am #
You have a few choices here. One (the most difficult by far) is to make a pillow in the shape of a flamingo. Another (not quite as hard, but still slightly tedious) is to get a pattern for a flamingo cut-out, make it from colored fabric, and applique it onto a solid-color background and make that into an oval or rectangular pillow. Then again, you could get transfer paper and print out a picture of flamingoes and make a pillow out of that. The simplest by far would be to hit the quilting shops in your area and find pink flamingo fabric. Make a couple of pillows out of that.
If your sister has asked you to do this, I’m guessing she does not sew. She would, obviously, opt for the most difficult option, I’m sure, as she is not doing the work. I would recommend either of the last two. You look them over and see what you think you can pull off. Then, if you like, email me for instructions on how to make a pattern for the cut-out to applique or for instructions to make a shaped flamingo pillow. (Please be specific if you email me. I am glad to help, but get requests fairly often. One gal wrote "Yes, please. Tell me about how to do that.")
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