The latest Folk Art Pillow; 'Bee Nice Grow Flowers' is a hand-stitched message to save the bees from extinction. Handwork such as needle felting, embroidery, crochet, and knitting complete an entirely unique pillow that comes with its own removable felted bees.
The first step is to express a story to spark an idea. The planet depends on bees to do the job of pollinating and without bees, we will have a planet without food. I have been getting FREE Bee seeds from Bees Matter organization that will send a packet of wildflowers & grasses for attracting bees. Each year I plant them and love to watch the seeds turn into happy meals for bees.
Last year I purchased a book, 'Botany in a Day' by Thomas J. Elpel. I have moments here and there to read through and will one day be able to glance at the wildflowers growing around us to know their healing properties and their families by heart.
I had fun making these fat felted bees and wanted their legs to be abundant with pollen! I stitched light blue thread through the wings and did a few hidden stitches to secure the wings to the body. Safety pins were hand-stitched to the back of each bee so one could move them.
Crochet is fun and fast to make into shapes. The crochet flowers have felted balls stitched into the center of the flower to bring a visual POP. I ran my favorite BLANKET stitch around the crochet leaves to give them some SPICE.
The corners needed to have something to round off the busy center of the pillow top. I just purchased a beautiful rose color wool and crocheted a large rose for the corners. Attaching the rose to the corner of the pillow, I ran the thread to the backside of the pillow corner to secure it tightly with a button.
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Cornerback button to attach the crochet rose. |
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Cornerback signature in stitches. |
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The backside of Bee Nice Grow Flowers pillow. |
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Bee Nice Grow Flowers... Folk Art Pillow by Minaz Jantz |
Bee Nice Grow Flowers has a new home and a new chair gifted to Kaarina. She LOVES her Folk Art Pillow and mixes it in with her eclectic home & art.
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Bee Nice Grow Flowers Folk Art Pillow by Minaz Jantz SOLD 2019 to Kaarina and now has a new spot in her living space. |
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