Alright, I’ll admit it, I’m in love with typography and would marry it if I could….
….you know what they say though – too much of a good thing is never a good thing….
.though does it really have to be so?….
.I mean, surely a letter here and a number there can’t really hurt…can it?
It’s lucky for me and my temporary obsession then that these duck-egg blue babies (below) are destined for my parent’s beach house. One for each of the single beds in the twin guest room – so cute!
They were a cinch to make. I just designed some artwork in Paint.Net (if you don’t have an image editing program and haven’t heard of Paint.Net I recommend checking it out) then printed it in reverse onto iron-on transfer paper, cut closely around each separate component, positioned them where I wanted on some fabric then ironed away. The fabric was then made into the cushions that you see.
If you’d like to try creating something similar I’ve attached my artwork as a free printable (see the ‘At a Glance’ section at the end of the post to view and download). Please feel free to use it.
I’m keeping this newly embellished ampersand cushion though (below). I made it using the same method. Here it is in my living room.
Hey Kristine. Thanks for such wonderfully inspiring projects. Amazing stuff. Just wanted to mention that when I try to link up to Paint.Net it takes me to a website that makes paint. And that’s all. Is there something I’m missing?
Oh no worries Kristine. I found the proper link. I’ll have to find something else to edit as this doesn’t download onto a MAC. Thanks anyways.
Hi Annie
Sorry about that and thanks for letting me know :-) I assume the link broke during my migration from Blogger as it was working fine initially. I’ll fix it now.
A few other editing programs you could try; Pixlr, GIMP, PicMonkey (I have never personally used these programs).
Kristine
Love your site. Wonderful!
Thank you Faye :)
I am “late” finding you but think you have great ideas and projects.
Now that I am “onboard” so to speak, I was hoping to find other numbers—-like 1 to 10. Have a niece who LOVES 8’s. When I went to download all I found was No1 and No2.
Are there other numbers somewhere?
Thanks, Lindy
Hi Lindy. It’s lovely to have you “onboard”.
Sorry, I only created No. 1 and No. 2 for this project. From memory, the font is Castellar and it wouldn’t be too difficult to create your own new number graphics in Word (or similar). If computers aren’t your thing though, let me know and I’ll gladly make a No. 8 one for you.
Kristine
Oh, my goodness you are so sweet to offer to help me. I am a senior who has limited computer skills and though I found Castellar I didn’t know how to download it and what to do with it after that! I use Pages on my Mac. Now, comes the tricky part and please say “no” if you don’t want to do this……but I have 10 chairs that are begging for new chair cushions and have been looking for some fabric. Up came the crazy idea of putting cushions with the numbers 1-10 printed like the pillows that you made. I feel a bit guilty for asking you to make 1-10 and I would very much be willing to compensate you for your time and effort to make this happen—-or perhaps I could donate to your favorite charity?? But also PLEASE feel free to say “NO!”, Kristine!!! Yikes, I am hitting the Post Comment button!! :)
Ha, ha. That’s fine. It’s an easy job. I was going to create them and send them straight to you though thought I should first check what size you’d like them?
Wow! Did you make your “1” and “2” about 4 inches high? Hard to tell the size without knowing if they are printed on 12 inch pillows or something else. My chair cushions will be about 15 X 17 inches so maybe 4 inches high is OK. Now, once I download them is it possible for me to change the size? See, I am a bit computer challenged!!!
You are so nice to help me and I do appreciate it very much!!! Thanks….. :)
Hi again Melinda. I’ve created your images and will email them over soon. I made them around 4″ high. The main reason I was asking is just so I could work out how many I could fit on a standard sheet of letter sized paper. They are in JPG format and you should be able to re-size them (within reason) if required using your printer property settings though I think the current size should work for you. Cheers, Kristine.