What a wonderful pillow! You definitely have creative talent. Sometimes it is wise to ruminate on possibilities, then Just Do It. Fantastic use of the uniform. You might have created a new industry, as others have done by re-imagining wedding dresses. A husband or wife's business suit memento? Cheerleading or sports uniforms?

Love your imagination and ingenuity! You did a great job.....and the joke is great, even if you didn't intend for it to be in there!:D

That is way more beautiful than I'd ever imagined. Way to go! :thumbup:

Where did you find the joke? It's interesting how that capital is Sacramento, and you're from TX?

It came out wonderful!

Love the pillow and the insert!

Great job on the pillow! Love the joke, too.

Anita

I've been sewing since I was about 9, but this project was WAY out of my comfort zone. I made almost all of my clothes during high school and college because it was so much cheaper back then. For the past 20 years, I've focused primarily on quilting and cringe just looking at patterns for clothing. For 9 months, I couldn't envision anything out of that band uniform. While I enjoyed the final product, I much prefer working with cotton.

I have no clue where I found that joke, but I had downloaded it to email a friend. When I was trying to add the pictures of the pillow, I clicked on that one by mistake and thought I had deleted it. Had no clue it was still in my post until after I posted it. My friend's daughter is blond and she's always sending her blond jokes. I'm glad everyone has been enjoying the accidental joke as much as my pillow! LOL!

As a former band mom - I have to say that you did a truly wonderful job on that!!! So crisp - you can clearly see the formal disciplined beauty of the uniform you used. If you were able to get more of the old uniforms, you could probably make a bunch and sell them as fundraisers - I know that I'd have bought one!!!

Cindy