Have you ever made handmade pillows and painted them?

United States
December 3, 2008 10:11pm CST
Its really quite beautiful and you can personalize them as well , as place very nice artwork or pictures of their favorite things. I have made a painted bird pillow. What would you want painted on your pillow?
3 responses
@italysmom (308)
• United States
4 Dec 08
I have made handmade pillows.. i have done them with the machine.. and even completely by hand, I however have not panted them, but I sew on different things. I once made a big fluffy pillow for my daughter and I wrote her name "italy" on it, and then I got a bunch of the felt flowers and shapes and sewed them on the pillow. She loved it very much, infact she used it so much, that the flowers all fell off. I take that back, I got some pink camo matterial, and made a pillow out of it, and I painted all of the brighter pink areas with glitter paint and wrote army girl on it... lol.. my daughter loved that one too.
• United States
4 Dec 08
What a beautiful name, Italy, I love that name, maybe its because I am Italian?lol It sounds like you are very talented and those sound beautiful. I like making things that can be personalized like this.Merry Christmas, to you and yours!
• United States
4 Dec 08
thanks and you too... lol.. right now I am just starting to work with polymer clay.. lol.. live in a very small town.. and its outragiously expensive here.. and I got to go out of town the other day and get some.. but one of my passions are to sculpt roses from clay.. so tonight.. i did one for my mom.. and I used the clay to right out her name.. and decorated it with eucoliptus.. lol.. how do u spell that? anyway... Merry Christmas
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• United States
4 Dec 08
I would love to see pictures and I have never got to do that. Is it hard and sometime will you show us what they look like. That is so cool. How much would it cost to buy the clay? Where do you go to get it? Thats really cool!
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
4 Dec 08
I have made a few pillows in the past, but I have never painted a picture on one before. I am not sure what I would want painted on my pillow. A pretty flower maybe.
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• United States
4 Dec 08
What type of flower is your favorite? Flowers are always beautiful on these pillows. I love so many flowers, how would you choose which one?
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
4 Dec 08
I would pick a Lily since that is my daughters name. And it would be purple since that is her favorite color.
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• United States
4 Dec 08
That would be beautiful and have even more meaning for her. What a beautiful idea.Merry Christmas to you and yours!
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
4 Dec 08
I have helped my mother make pillows before but never painted on them. Oh if I ever had one painted....hmmmm, that is a hard one because I think so many things are so pretty. I love hummingbirds so maybe a pretty hummingbird or two.
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• United States
4 Dec 08
Now, all you do is sketch your drawing and then paint. I also sometimes cut it out of what ever material I want and then paint and sew or glue to the pillow. Its not hard and almost any paint works, they will say it dosent, but it, does, I have even used oils and let them dry.lol