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Brandie’s day 6

February 7th 12:45 :52 am by Brandie
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Today I tried something new …
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I made a pillow. I’ve never made a pillow like this before. I made each side a different fabric. Now, knowing my theme is for books, this might not make much sense at first (and I suppose this is a stretch) but here is the pillow doing it’s “job”
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So, it’s a book holder for me. This will certainly make knitting and reading much easier. I admit I saw earlier (with the pattern for sale). The one I saw is much nicer than mine, but truth be told, I didn’t actually want to spend 12 dollars on the pattern.
This one works well enough - although if when I make another one, I need to use wider ribbon. I need to have the ribbon lower down on the side of the pillow. I need to make the pillow wider. And I probably won’t do ribbon on both sides of the pillow because, well, it does look funny if it’s displayed that way. The fabric I used does in fact match my couch, so I could theoretically leave this one on it for fun, but the ribbon sort of turns me off.
Anyway, the one I saw also had pockets on it for pens or whatever and that seems pretty neat too. I don’t want to completely copy the one I saw and am not sure that I really need a pocket on my pillow, but I will at least keep that in mind!

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  • As much as we like the Pillow, we love the tempo and flow of your message! With a wider ribon, lower on the side of the pillow, and utilizing the proper pattern, and then modifying it to be a bit wider, and properly coordinating the ribon with your couch, and adding some pockets, designed especially with Whatever in mind, it could have been a real winner. On the other hand, you cracked us up!!!! Oh yeah, and your book-holding pillow is the fluffy, snuggly BOMB!

    Comment by sea star, February 7, 2008

  • What a great idea!

    Comment by headphonerecord, February 7, 2008

  • I like to read in bed, and this would be perfect. Thanks for sharing your version!

    Comment by Nguyen Le, February 11, 2008

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