Meaningful Longitude & Latitude Decorated Pillow

Hi blog friends!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  I had such a great time helping my little sister find her wedding dress!  What an honor!  

Now I am back home and trying to enjoy the 100+ degrees weather.  

And speaking of degrees and of weather----

Did you catch this meaningful pillow I made and shared with Maggie from Midwest Sewing Girl's blog friends last week??

Longitude & Latitude & my Lake---doesn't get more meaningful than this!  Annnddd I am so excited by the gift ideas and thoughtful things you can do with Lat and Longitude!  

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Soooo without further chatter here is my guest post!

As you all know, my house currently has a bit of a beach-y cottage-y feel that I am SO enjoying this summer!

I am undoubtedly inspired by the lake right down the road from my new home---lakes are SO my kind of heaven!

SO, I decided to make a pillow with the latitude and longitude of my new lake---that is so special to me!

Special and it matches my beach-y themed house...that is my kind of project!

Step 1. Find an old pillow to up-cycle

Step 2. **Here is where I must caution, I am by no means a sewing pro like Miss Maggie, I like do the easy version...which literally took me about 20 min. tops to complete...so read with caution!  

I sewed two "layers" of my pillow:

The first layer to ensure the bright orange was covered up and because I wanted the same material to show through at the ends where I tied the sides together with ribbon.  

The second "layer" I just sewed the 3 sides together and finally the 4th side over to create a clean appearing edge.

{I think this picture should help you better understand the "layer" thing!}

{See that inside layer tucked in there??  And the outside layer with the folded over edge??}

Step 3. I used the "citra solv method" (I use this one about once a week on my blog it feels like).... to transfer the lake name and coordinates (which I found on yahoo) from a printed page straight to the fabric.

Step 4. I sewed the ribbon onto the edges by pinning them and then sewing.

{This is the finished look!}

What do you think??  

Will you be making your own special pillow or Longitude & Latitude pillow??

Stay cool!  

And stay tuned---

We have an amazing guest tomorrow----

And a new transfer technique!!!