More rugs I've made...

~Speaking of spring insects, here is a dragonfly pillow that I made a while back. I did not design the original dragonfly pattern and unfortunately--don't recall who did (to give them credit). The pillow ended up being the perfect size for the family rocker--behind it is a pillow that I knitted up years ago. At the time I made the pillow--it caused me "lots of grief" as my mom would say. It had a lot of increases and decreases with the ruffles. The pattern is from Knitter's Stash: Favorite Patterns from America’s Yarn Shops. I loved how the colorway turned out, but all that rusching took FOREVER.

~One side of the pillow is flat, and the other side is rusched. It is nice that all you have to do is insert a pillow and add buttons to the edge. I selected wooden buttons--which seems to be my button of choice for most garments as well...The tricky part is finding good wooden buttons. Just recieved some vintage buttons from Etsy that came from Israel (country--not store name). I am crazy about them. I am always on the hunt for good buttons, and will sometimes create a garment around the buttons. I am so finicky about buttons and get frustrated trying to find them in commercial stores...

~Also wanted to include a final photo of the pillow that I created my sweet boy of three who was born on Valentines day...

~I will post more soon, we are so busy around our place with gobs of birthdays this month. Not to mention spring gardening and sports season heating up...