The Way My Mind Works
by Al - June 14th, 2010.Filed under: Art, DIY Tutorials. Tagged as: affordable decor, Art, custom pillow, custom textile, digital textile, DIY Tutorials, pillow, pillow cover, textile design.
Psst, I have a secret. I am going to reveal my design process for the pillow pictured below. Here goes…
Create your characters as a separate file – that way you can use them over and over.
Summer Fun
I was washing my car and my son kept getting in the way, so I turned the hose on him. My niece found it hilarious, so she grabbed the hose and joined in on the fun.
Water War
My son was having a blast,
Yeah, Scream, Yell
he called his younger cousin to join in
Soaked
The image needed some depth, so I added a scenery. BTW, there no natural hills in South FL – we have a few man made ones – they are garbage dumps.
Add a skyline
Then I added some trees – I cheated, these trees came bundled with Adobe Illustrator, (also, the image of Matt. was from another project). I also decided to crop the image a bit – there was too much sky.
Love the trees
And a few flowers and butterflies… These are apart of Illustrator as well.
I Love Daisy
I could have changed the color of Matthew’s pants, but I really liked the quilted effect.
How about Red pants
Next stop, transfer the image to fabric and make a pillow, quilt, wall hanging…
There you have it – a playful summer pillow – its summer all year round.
Run Matt Run!
xoxo
Al
June 14th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Ohhh my this is precious!!
xoxo
bB
June 15th, 2010 at 8:14 am
That is really fun!
Thanks for linking up to the Mad Skills party!
June 15th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Thanks for sharing. It’s fun to know how these things work, but still way over my head!
June 15th, 2010 at 9:42 am
You are very creative.
We look forward to seeing more of your projects.
Hope you stop in for tea and join us weekly.
Have a creative week.
Pam
June 15th, 2010 at 10:24 am
Oh this just speaks of summer. Well done.
June 15th, 2010 at 10:55 am
very cool.
June 15th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
What a great bit of information to share. I always wondered how people made these types of things and never had any idea how it worked. It is a beautiful pillow.
Thanks for linking to Transform Tuesday. I look forward to your projects in the future!
June 15th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Following you would love for you to follow me back : )
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June 15th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
That is so cool!
Thanks for sharing @ Anything Related No.11!
{Rebekah}
June 15th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Oh wow, how wonderful. I had no idea how this was all done. Lovely. Thanks so much for joining the party. Hugs, Marty
June 15th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Following you in Facebook. Pls follow me back too when you get the chance @ http://masalabowl.blogspot.com/
June 15th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Would love it if you would join me for my 2nd linky party tonight!!
http://lifeinmypjs.blogspot.com/2010/06/pajama-party-2.html
~Ela
June 15th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
What an interesting way to create a pillow. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. Thanks for sharing your talent with us!
June 16th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Fabulous idea! Love this and story too! Visiting from SDC. Hope you are enjoying your week! ~Stephanie Lynn
June 16th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
You did a fabulous job creating a pillow that makes me smile!
June 16th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
How adorable! Thanks for sharing @Creative Itch’s “Sew Cute Tuesday”!
June 17th, 2010 at 9:17 am
So neat. I recognized the trees immediately! LOL. How do you transfer the image to the fabric?
THanks for linking up with What are little boys made of?
June 17th, 2010 at 9:27 am
What a fun pillow!
June 17th, 2010 at 10:13 am
I printed it on the fabric – I have a wide format printer
June 17th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
How awesome! What a cool summer pillow! You are very creative.
June 18th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
I LOVE your BLOG!!! SO FUN!!! and the pillow is AWESOME!!!! I am a definite new FOLLOWER!!! I found you through social parade…you can find me here…
http://coutureunraveled.blogspot.com/
Happy Friday!!
June 18th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Really?? That is amazing. What a great pillow!!
June 18th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
I’m a new follower of friendly Friday follow, please follow me back.
thanks, Mr Monkey
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June 18th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Coming over from FFF – great pillow
June 19th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Wow, what a unique way to make a personalized pillow.
June 19th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
So pretty & makes me smile. Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday:)
June 19th, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Very cute and creative and fun! Thanks for linking up at PonyTails&FishScales!
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July 1st, 2010 at 10:15 am
That’s so creative…thanks for sharing your process with us!
~Kim