Needlepoint Pillows

This week I've been busy working on new graphics for The Monogram Marketplace. I'll show you a preview of those tomorrow, but in the meantime I promised to show you the new pillows I did for the family room.

The new pillows incorporated both needlepoint and conventional sewing with some very pretty trims that really brighten up the family room. I'm so pleased with them I can't even tell you. My pillow inserts are nice and full of down so the sofa is extra comfy and cushy when you sit down.

The new fabric is gorgeous and goes perfectly with my floor to ceiling gold and red silk drapes.

Here's the needlepoint insert I did. I needlepointed 2 identical "M"'s. I then sewed the needlepoint directly onto the pillow, then covered the edges with gold trim.

Then I made a longer, coordinating pillow for the center of the sofa with a really pretty apple green fabric, my main floral fabric from the needlepoint pillows, and added two vertical pieces of flat gold and green trim.

It's a bad picture, but here's the sofa with the new pillows. A lovely addition!