The Details: Autumnal Pumpkin Pennant Pillow

Last week I showed you my Fun and Festive Autumnal throw pillow cover on this post:

 Pillow Cover.

 Here is another look at the 16x16-inch pillow cover:

The Details:
The felt applique is attached to a homemade denim pillow cover with an envelope closure in the back. I didn't even add buttons for the closure, just your basic envelope closure. I keep a modest inventory of felt on hand for those felt craft emergencies. Actually, I believe one can never have too much felt! I love the texture and how it lends itself to so many crafts be it sewing, gluing, cutting, and/or pinning.

My felt comes from Commonwealth Felt, a division of National Nonwovens. The felt is superior quality, made in the U.S.A., customer service is terrific and shipping is crazy fast.

Check them out online:

www.commonwealthfelt.com

It may seem fastidious, but I developed an organizational system for my felt so I can easily create a color palette for a project, reorder a beloved color, and keep track of my inventory. Check out the 4x6" file cards with the product label and fabric swatch:

 On some swatches I've matched DMC embroidery thread to the felt, this also lends ease in planning a project.  On this particular project I used 12 different colors, some came from the scrap pile and with this system I was able to identify the felt type, color name, and product number. This would be most useful if additional material was needed to complete a project.

The pumpkin is done in FiestaFelt (100% acrylic) named "Orange" (I know - obviously right?!), with Loden Green FiestaFelt for the vine and Copper Canyon FiestaFelt for the stem. The background is Mellow Yellow in a 35%-Wool-65%-Rayon blend. I love this color and texture.

I used the same colors on all my autumnal felt adornments used throughout the kitchen-dining-living rooms to lend a cohesive theme throughout.

It would seem KeepHer Kitty approves as she enjoys the

Autumnal Pumpkin Pennant Pillow in her favorite chair!

Autumnal Pillow Cover

This is a quick and easy throw pillow cover to compliment my autumnal decor. I carried on the felt pennant bunting theme with two streamers waving above the freshly harvested pumpkin. I blanket-stitched the 12x12-inch golden felt background to a pillow slip made of denim.  The small touches like this fall inspired throw pillow add cohesiveness as seasonal decor mixes with everyday furnishings.

And it just makes me happy. Who can argue against that?

Throwback Thursday: Sublime Thoughtfulness

A couple of years ago I became interested in felt crafts and launched my study of that medium.  I like working with fibers and there are multitudes of fine felt projects on Pinterest and other craft idea websites.  I found the idea for this Thank You card made in paper and felt (get it?) the clever word-image play would be splendid in felt.  Thanks for looking,  I think you're sublime!