Monday, November 29, 2010

5 Days of Christmas

This week is all about getting ready for Christmas. There is decorating and baking to be done. I'm hoping to sneak in a little Christmas each day. My plan is to post every day this week with a simple handmade gift idea. I'm hoping to motivate myself to get some gifts checked off my list. Today, it's all about pillows.

I love giving holiday pillows as gifts because you don't need to match someone's decor. A touch of red will brighten anyone's holiday! These pillows were made with machine embroidered panels from Michele. Any quilt block can become a pillow and pillows are simple to make.
This one takes a bit longer, but the personal touch is worth a little extra time. There's a tutorial here to make this pillow, more pillow tuts in my sidebar or use one of your own and you'll have a fab gift in no time at all.
Happy Monday, everyone!

P.S. Modern Relief ends soon...have you checked it out and given? It's a good thing.

8 comments:

Lisa said...

Pillows are a sweet gift idea! Looking forward to see what else you post this week too...

em's scrapbag said...

Your pillows are cheerful! Looking forward to what the rest of the week has to bring.

Elsa said...

love that Santa!
looking forward to the week ahead. I, too, have a lot of sewing and knitting to do. hoping not to overwhelm myself and enjoy the process.

Bonnie Hull said...

...wish I was on your gift list...nice.

Suzanne said...

I feel the creative buzz in the air. I hope to glom onto yours and get busy.

Anina said...

Cute! And very inspirational. I really should get going on a couple of Christmas projects.

Barb said...

Love those dotty pillows! the santa is just too cute. Great gift ideas.

Stevens Family said...

I love the dotty pillows. Mind telling me what fabric you used? I need to make some pillows to make my new apartment a happy place. Red always works.