If there's one thing the dude hates, it's decorative pillows. When we visit my parents, we always have to take six or so pillows off the bed, just to get to the sleeping surface. It drives him
nuts. So if your dude is like my dude, this is not going to be a craft for your man. But if your man can accept the decorative pillow, might I suggest a way to make them masculine might be to focus on geography. Men love that shit.{You know I'm joking.} I chose the latitude and longitude of Wells, Maine, which is where my family vacations. Unfortunately, I basically took a picture of the transfer. (Sorry)
I used Avery fabric transfer paper and ran it through my computer. (Did you know that if you wanted to make a mirror image of your text, you do that in the printer, not the computer?) {In some programs, I'm sure, ymmv.} Then I took about nine million times longer to press it than they said was required even though I was pressing with my considerable weight on a stone countertop. Then it's just my normal pillow routine, which I have discussed
here.
I chose linen fabric for its beachiness. Without further ado.
Yeah, does not photograph well. I'll try again...
8 comments:
My sister spent a couple of days in Wells in September at a house next to the Rachek Carson NWR, said it was lovely.
What a neat idea!
Clever! Perfect for the corner of a couch!
Ha! My husband is exactly the same way with cushions, he sees no purpose to them at all, last time I made a new one he spent about 10 minutes explaining to me how much we didn't need "another *%&@# cushion"
All my needlepoint pillow reside on one chair in splendid isolation. I've tried explaining that this is how I make my living, but no dice!!
I love this idea, and thanks for the tips about the transfer paper.
That's a great idea.
Yay, numbers! We have bed-bouncing-boys so no fancy pillows on our beds.
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