What Do You Think?

Unexpectedly I had to spend last Monday at home, there was plenty of house work available for me and waiting for me, just for me but I chose this instead. Too hard to resist some lace, linen and silk, threads and the soothing sound of the sewing machine. I am sure you know what I am talking about.

The influence for this creation came from HomeSpun magazine. There was a very short article, a snippet really, along with a large photo of a pillow. Here it is.

When I saw this pillow for the first time, I fell in love with it. I was surprised because it's not really my style, not something I would consciously choose. But here it was, in front of me and I really liked it.

So on Monday I flicked through the magazine not looking for anything in particular and once again saw the pillow. A few minutes later I had this...

...and this in front of me.

I got absolutely absorbed in the creative process for almost two hours trying to work out the best and most appealing way to me of arranging all the bits and pieces. It was so therapeutic, so calming. I felt content. And this is what came out of all of it. Oh, and I managed to do a bit of washing, baking and some other non-essential things around the house along the way. Yay!

I am not sure yet if I want to keep this pale pink rose with leaves in the top left corner. And it's very tempting to add some stamp prints to it as well. So now I am just waiting and still thinking.

What do you think? Do you like it or maybe not? What would you do with something like this? Turn it into a pillow? Maybe a wall hanging? Or just put it away till some other day? I would love to hear from you. Larisa xo