Pillow Contest Inspiration

Have you started your entry for the Pillow Contest yet? Remember, you can win a big variety of really fantastic prizes! We wanted to share a little inspiration with you today.

One of our board members, Heather from {House} of A La Mode, hosts a successful Pillow Talk Swap (currently in Round 4!) focused on modern, pieced pillows. Take some time to peruse the Pillow Talk Swap Flickr group. It’s full of some absolutely beautiful pillows!

This pillow was created in a previous round by Amber from One Shabby Chick for Heather (photo by Heather).

For a little “Words to Live By” inspiration, be sure to check out the collection of sayings we’ve noticed in recent weeks. We also get a kick out of everything created by Kimberly at Chez Sucre Chez.

Smiths Stitches by Kimberly, Chez Sucre Chez

Fantastic! Kimberly’s focus is embroidery, but remember you can add the words you live by to your pillow entry in any way you see fit… Silkscreening, stamps, appliqué, etc.

Don’t forget about all of the fabulous prizes YOU could win in the pillow contest. Edited to add: We’ve had lots of questions about international entries– They’re A-OK. Just in case you need a reminder these prizes might provide a little more inspiration!:

Pieced Pillow
1st Place
-Reliable Velocity V50
-Downlite 16″ Pillow Cube
-$25 gift certificate to Sew,Mama,Sew!

2nd Place
-Downlite 14″ Pillow Cube
-Night & Day fat quarter pack in the Summer Colorstory, courtesy of Robert Kaufman
-$20 gift certificate to Sew,Mama,Sew!

3rd Place
-Downlite 12″ Pillow Cube
-11 Fat Quarters of Queen Street + a half yard of Queen Street laminate, courtesy of Jennifer Paganelli
-$15 gift certificate to Sew,Mama,Sew!

Words to Live by Pillow
1st Place
-Reliable Velocity V50
-Downlite 16″ Pillow Cube
-$25 gift certificate to Sew,Mama,Sew!

2nd Place
-Downlite 14″ Pillow Cube
-Betty Dear fat quarter pack, courtesy of Robert Kaufman
-$20 gift certificate to Sew,Mama,Sew!

3rd Place
-Downlite 12″ Pillow Cube
-11 Fat Quarters of Queen Street + a half yard of Queen Street laminate, courtesy of Jennifer Paganelli
-$15 gift certificate to Sew,Mama,Sew!

Add links below to pillows and sayings that inspire you! Your comment enters you to win one of these great prizes below, courtesy of Robert Kaufman Fabrics:

1 fat quarter pack of Betty Dear, 5 Kona Cotton color cards, 1 fat quarter pack of Night & Day in the Summer Colorstory, 10 sets of 5 Kona charm packs

82 Responses to “Pillow Contest Inspiration”

1. Desirée responds:
   Posted: February 2nd, 2011 at 11:47 pm →

   i love the line : pls, pls,pls let me get what i want this time!

2. Shola responds:
   Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 12:16 am →

   I love this cushion from Misofunky! Not everyone will appreciate the humour! I copied this design for a friends housewarming gift:)
   LINKS NOT SUITABLE FOR AT WORK OR CHILDREN’S VIEWING
   http://shop.misofunky.com/products/emobroidery-cushion
   My version:-
   http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/Shola/Sewing/DSCF1920.jpg

3. Aniza responds:
   Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 12:20 am →

   drooling over those fabulous pillows on flickr…very talented

4. Laura Reich responds:
   Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 12:26 am →

   The pieced pillow is great!

5. Louise responds:
   Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 12:54 am →

   Loving the pillows!

6. Cynthia responds:
   Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 1:18 am →

   I love that pillow!!

7. Papgena responds:
   Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 1:31 am →

   I just laugh when I saw the kimbelry’s embroidery!!!

8. Becky T responds:
   Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 5:15 am →

   once again another amazing pillow

9. Karen responds:
   Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 5:15 am →

   The pillows from the pillow swap are gorgeous!

10. Jodi Jones responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 5:32 am →

    So inspired to get started on my pillow today.

11. Tina responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 5:36 am →

    love this pillow cover!

    http://www.etsy.com/listing/24074410/beautiful-black-pillow-cases?ref=cat2_list_23

12. Cassandra responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 5:46 am →

    Thank’s for the pointer on using stamps for the words you live by pillow.

13. Lori responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 6:51 am →

    I knew what I would make as soon as I saw the contest. I’m almost, nearly ready to start.

14. Brigette responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 7:22 am →

    I’m so glad it’s pillow month. We just painted our living room and the next step on our list…make pillows!

15. Connie responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 7:25 am →

    What a cute pillow! I am working on a couple pillows right now.

16. Maya responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 7:30 am →

    Very cute pillow!

17. Krystina responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 7:32 am →

    I love this pillow! The colors are so vibrant!

18. Anita responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:00 am →

    I’m inspired!

19. Chrissy B responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:00 am →

    This would be great to put on a pillow:
    http://lanaloustyle.blogspot.com/2011/01/words-to-live-by_30.html

20. jaici responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:06 am →

    I am loving the pillows…just great ideas to keep me busy during these cold winter months!

21. Amy S responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:08 am →

    Oh my gosh! I can’t wait to start on my pillow for this!

22. Shelley responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:24 am →

    There are a lot of amazing pillows from last month’s blogger’s pillow party flickr pool. http://www.flickr.com/groups/bloggerspillowparty/pool/

23. Ramona responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:31 am →

    Wow! so many beautiful pillows to look at.

24. Jessie Hansen responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:34 am →

    I’ve seen that hoop featured on Mr X Stitch before. Love it! They have some other great hoops as well.

25. Mandy K Court responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:36 am →

    love the pillow!

26. Kerri Kowal responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:41 am →

    I love this pillow… very nicely designed!

27. Debbie responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:49 am →

    just cleaned & organized my craft room – can now find time to sew some lovely pillows & have the inspiration!

28. patricia responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 9:03 am →

    I have my idea for my pillow sketched out. Tonight I am going to pick fabrics from my stash and hopefully start cutting. Thanks for the awesome inspiration.

29. Bethany responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 9:04 am →

    I love all the pillows on the Pillow Talk flickr group! Definitely inspiring for some pillows I’ve been thinking about!

30. MamaBee responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 9:09 am →

    I’m totally tempted to copy these pillows: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9274797@N08/3840448344/

31. Sarah responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 9:11 am →

    Great pillow! It looks difficult, though.

32. Tiffany responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 9:18 am →

    Love the “words to live by”.

33. bruinbr responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 9:36 am →

    I really love this Cat in the Hat pillow! The buntings are adorable and they have little images underneath! So wonderful too that it was auctioned off to support the Queensland Flood Relief.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/acardaday/5360827391/in/pool-1197421@N20

34. Heather responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 9:39 am →

    I love this quote and want to have my daughters repeat it every day.
    http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z315/ahackshaw/New%20Posts%20I/quotepreview.jpg

35. Sara responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 10:08 am →

    I know what I want my pillow to say, now deciding how to say it is another matter all together…

36. Natalie (QSOgirl) responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 10:23 am →

    That collection of words to live by is fantastic!

37. Sharon T. responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 10:29 am →

    Wonderful inspiration. Thank you!

38. Rebecca responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 10:44 am →

    I LOVE Heather and her designs ~ just gorgeous!!

39. Ms. Fine responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 11:01 am →

    Nothing like a Smiths quote to be inspired!

40. Michele responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 11:23 am →

    Such creativity! I’m starting to considering giving this whole pillow making thing a go.

41. Day responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 11:28 am →

    That pillow is most definitely modern and beautiful.

42. kathyh responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 11:52 am →

    inspiration is at hand.

43. beverly responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 1:01 pm →

    Thanks for the great ideas!

44. Brenda responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 1:08 pm →

    Loving what you are showing this month already! Cannot wait for more inspiration!

45. Sarah Z. responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 1:11 pm →

    Great inspiration! Now I just need to stop staring at that Flickr group and start sewing!

46. Elizabethdx responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 1:38 pm →

    Beautiful pieced pillow — and it makes me wish, yet again, that Flea Market Fancy would be reissued.

47. Jessica responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 2:00 pm →

    HA! I love the embrodiary!

48. Katrina H responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 2:24 pm →

    I love these prints used on this pillow!

49. Claire responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 3:29 pm →

    I adore Farbenmix and had a quick look on Flickr for “Farbenmix pillow”… I almost wish I hadn’t as my to-do list has drastically increased!!!!

    http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=farbenmix+pillow&w=all&s=int&referer_searched=1

50. Tanya responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 3:39 pm →

    The pressure! So much inspiration I barely know where to start!

51. j-j responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 4:14 pm →

    Too too many ideas. The colours are gorgeous on this. The words to live by are fabulous. I like the phrase from a freebie stitchery from a while back- “I want to be just like me”.

52. Sonia responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 4:44 pm →

    One shabby chicks pillow at the opening was inspiring for me, flickr is always a great place to look for inspiration. Sometimes it can just be a piece of fabric or even a drawing I make.

53. jackie responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 5:38 pm →

    love the pillow.please please please let me win this time!

54. Heidi Anderson responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 5:55 pm →

    Love the prints. I feel inspired!

55. jm responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 6:18 pm →

    Love that embroidery!

56. Ginger responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 7:18 pm →

    thanks for the inspiring link

57. Jacque responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 7:48 pm →

    I’m loving the fabrics on the pillow – so vibrant, makes me think of the warm weather I’m hoping for soon!!

58. Courtney responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 7:54 pm →

    Loving the inspiration, and have been sketching ideas, but haven’t come up with anything concrete yet. Sigh, it will come to me!

59. Jenny S. responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:11 pm →

    I wish I had more places to put pillows!

60. stacey responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 8:34 pm →

    love the fabric choices!

61. Beth T responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 9:41 pm →

    My current words to live by are “Do what matters most”. Simplifies many decisions.

62. Beth T responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 9:47 pm →

    I find that the blog “Kind Over Matter” is a great source for words to live by. Their daily emails deliver inspiring thoughts to my InBox, and they offer a lot of free downloads, allowing readers to create posters, cards, and other little lovelies. http://www.kindovermatter.com

63. alisha responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 10:42 pm →

    I loved reading through the words to live by. Thanks for sharing the link.

64. Jolene responds:
    Posted: February 3rd, 2011 at 10:47 pm →

    Loving this pillow right now:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindakl/5332758891/in/faves-blueelephantstitches/

65. Crystal responds:
    Posted: February 4th, 2011 at 12:12 am →

    They are all so beautiful – I can’t pick a favourite out of these first few! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!

66. WandaFish responds:
    Posted: February 4th, 2011 at 8:03 am →

    Inspiration overload!! Love these cushions

67. Dawn S. responds:
    Posted: February 4th, 2011 at 9:27 am →

    I keep looking at this pillow, and love it more each time! I want one just like it!

68. Sheetal responds:
    Posted: February 4th, 2011 at 11:24 am →

    I’m planning on using some of my extra quilt blocks to make a pillow…looks like so much fun!

69. Kay responds:
    Posted: February 4th, 2011 at 2:31 pm →

    beautiful! just a bit of early spring!

70. erica K responds:
    Posted: February 4th, 2011 at 5:34 pm →

    That pillow is so bright and happy! Suddenly I want to listen to my ‘Pretty in Pink’ cd… ;D

71. Rosa in the Antipodes responds:
    Posted: February 4th, 2011 at 6:18 pm →

    Oh, The Smiths in cross stitch is awesome! I’m loving this pillow contest!

72. Joy responds:
    Posted: February 4th, 2011 at 6:42 pm →

    One of my favorite pillows is the orange ruffled one from the cover of Anne Kyrrö Quinn’s book, Felt Furnishings. Etsy posted a tutorial for it a while back:
    http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/how-tuesday-pillow-with-rosette-clusters-from-felt-furnishin-5095/

73. Laura responds:
    Posted: February 4th, 2011 at 6:53 pm →

    I loved this pillow as soon as I saw it. And I’m a teacher so I just had to have one for my chair at school.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/50474670@N05/5245648634/

    I happened to have a charm square I didn’t have plans for and I’m working on it now.

74. Marissa responds:
    Posted: February 4th, 2011 at 8:48 pm →

    So many beautiful pillows! Wonderful inspiration!

75. Jill B responds:
    Posted: February 5th, 2011 at 4:28 am →

    Great inspiration! I LOVE that embroidery.

76. MICHELE HESTER responds:
    Posted: February 5th, 2011 at 11:50 am →

    This pillow is made of my colors – would you please send it to me?

77. Kate responds:
    Posted: February 5th, 2011 at 4:29 pm →

    LOVE this pillow!

78. Cat responds:
    Posted: February 5th, 2011 at 10:33 pm →

    Sweet pillow.

79. Kathleen P responds:
    Posted: February 6th, 2011 at 8:20 am →

    So pretty!

80. Ariane responds:
    Posted: February 6th, 2011 at 8:57 am →

    This pillow is just gorgeous!!!

81. Deb W responds:
    Posted: February 6th, 2011 at 1:51 pm →

    This pillow looks like pure summer to me. The colors are so mellow and cool – would be great to use on a glider on a covered porch at the beach!

82. Angela N. responds:
    Posted: February 7th, 2011 at 8:53 am →

    Love this pillow, it looks like the wonky one quilt dad made! they are so fun. I plan on making some like this to match my quilt on my bed!

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