This is my sweet cathedral quilt cottage style pillow with Laura Ashley 'Rosemoor' print. I used the roses & buds for the 'windows' and trimmed it with a wonderful vintage lace I found on a trip through Amish country.
I actually started working on the pillow while on a road trip up the east coast with my hubby and thrifting/salvage partner in crime.
That in part is why of all my shabby cottage pillows; this one took me the lo-o-ongest time to complete. Once I start working on a project I tend to lose myself in the design, but it was a great way to pass time on the road and it beats counting blue cars!
The central part was a cathedral quilt square I started and I didn't know where in the world I was going with this pillow. Most projects I just sit down and start stitching and playing with fabric until it talks to me. Just setting the central section in a standard square didn't feel quite right, so I placed in on the diagonal.
I selected Laura Ashley fabric 'Rosemoor' to use as the 'windows'. I cut out individual squares of the roses and rosebuds as focal points and I'm pretty pleased with the results.
The beautiful vintage ivory lace is from a bulk lot I found at Barnesville Antique Mall in Barnesville OH which is a wonderful two-story old brick building and a wonderful place to browse. The upstairs had several dealers who specialized in vintage textiles and this is an excellent area to find vintage handmade items from the nearby Amish communities. The batch I found had all sorts of neat items that were saved from old clothing such as lace trimmed jabots, cuffs and bodice neckline inserts as well as crocheted trim. When it comes to recycling-the Amish can really show us how!
Blessings...
Pamela
Pamela
