My Three-Year Pillow

Okay, Okay! So maybe this pillow didn't take me three years to make, but I have been thinking about it...and I've had the materials *gasp* for three years. Can anyone say procrastinator??

So here is what I did:

This is the fabric I chose. I love the "chunky" feel to it and the neutral color. And the fact that it was on the clearance rack for only $1. 

First, I laid the fabric out and cut around my pillow form. A seamstress I am not...

Then I stitched up three sides, reinforcing the corners by back-stitching.

I turned my pillow right side out and then (insert pillow form here) stitched up the end. Since my "blind stitch" stinks (it is never actually blind), I opted for the slip stitch using some really cool floss-sort-of-stuff (my name for it, lol) that I picked up at the local consignment for $.19.  It is a rich brown color that adds just a little bit of color. (I liked it so much that I actually continued it on the other side of the pillow, lol.)

Next, I cut out three large and three small circles from the same fabric. (Three=one circle for each year.)

I laid them out on my pillow to see what they would look like...

Here's a closeup.

I continued my fabulous slip-stitch around the edges of the large and small circles. See how nice the brown thready stuff works? 

And here's the finished project!  I. love. it. (Might I add that my ds's response was "WOAH!" *smiles*)

But there's a problem...

I can't decide if it should go here...

 

Or maybe here...

Or what about here?  

It will probably take me three years to decide....