The Scary Mary Pillow
I finally finished Mary’s Scary Mary Pillow for Halloween. Mary is a Halloween devotee and hopefully this pillow will be dusted off each year and placed on the lounge.
I drew the skull onto a piece of white bella solid using the Pentel Gel Roller Fabric Pen and added two borders using the Spotlight text fabric and Madrona Road by Violet Craft for Michael Miller. I found a scary font and penned the words,’Too Scary Mary’ on some more white solid and appliquéd it to the pillow. The finished pillow is 17″ which fitted comfortably a 16″ insert.
Some spooky quilting (as seen from the back).
I overcame my fear of zips and piping and completed the pillow casing with a hidden zip and trim.
Lastly, no gift is complete without a label.
If you want a copy of Mr Halloween Skull you can download the PDF here. (Sorry, I am no graphic artist so I just scanned it in as is. Any advice how to scan it on a pure white background would be welcomed.) a lovely person, Sonja Callaghan has just cleaned up my scan and sent me a JPG. Thank you Sonja. Here is Sonja’s revised file.
What will you be making for Halloween?
8 Comments
Spoolhardy Girl
Wait. You DREW that skull?? Like with your own two hands and your brain?? I am completely flabbergasted! Seriously. You have completely blown my mind. PLUS that amazing quilting PLUS PLUS that awesomely rad label on that cooler than cool backing fabric. How can an AMAZON like you be afraid of ANYTHING let alone a meager zipper and some piping???
Seriously. I am sitting here with my jaw in my lap, Jane! Mr. Wonderful is worried I've had a stroke! Seriously? SERIOUSLY???
I don't have the vocabulary to adequately thank you for this! Really truly (SERIOUSLY) THANK YOU, JANE! You will forever be Amazon Jane of OZ to me! XXXXXXXX
Tracee
Absolutely fabulous Jane.
suemac
Very cute pillow.
Katy Cameron
Hee hee, excellent halloween decoration
Melody
Bit too scary for my taste but I do think you are so talented and clever.
Michele
Is it appropriate to say "adorable" for a skull pillow? Anyway I do like it. I have 2 mini Halloween pieces that are getting finished soon. I so love this holiday.
Ellie-Mae
Your spiders are so cute. Love the whole thing.
linda pritchard
I wish I could draw, I can't even draw a deep breath, lol. I don't think I'll be making it myself but it's really good. Now if it where horses, dogs or cats I would do it in a heart beat.