{"id":1470,"date":"2010-08-16T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T02:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2010-08-16T21:31:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T02:31:00","slug":"productivity-increasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/16\/productivity-increasing\/","title":{"rendered":"Productivity: increasing!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/4899892290\/\" title=\"orange round pillow by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4115\/4899892290_f74094c645.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" alt=\"orange round pillow\" style=\"background:white; padding:4px; border:1px solid black;\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Look at what I finished up, today! I crocheted the front on Friday and it sat on my loveseat all weekend. I kept throwing ideas around about completing the pillow. They&#8217;d land on uninterested ears (my husband, my kids, etc) but it wasn&#8217;t until last night that I decided to use one of my favorite vintage pillow cases as the back. <\/p>\n<p>I liked this idea because I could use the pillow&#8217;s natural hem as the envelope-back hem. Less sewing! I used a brown paper bag to cut a circle pattern. I marked off half the circle and two thirds of it. I cut out my pieces, pinned them to the crocheted circle and hand-sewed it together. The seam isn&#8217;t perfect and my [foam] pillow form is kind of hard, but I really like the end result! <\/p>\n<p>This orange packs a punch and the flowered back is just lovely! It&#8217;s the same fabric I used to make my last <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/4604458246\/\">camera strap cover<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/4899299411\/\" title=\"fabric button by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4137\/4899299411_7e80661d1e_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"171\" alt=\"fabric button\" style=\"background:white; padding:4px; border:1px solid black;\"\/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yarnattacks\/4899891182\/\" title=\"round pillow--back by yarnattacks, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4079\/4899891182_ef78a6fa9e_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"171\" alt=\"round pillow--back\" style=\"background:white; padding:4px; border:1px solid black;\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I dig this fabric so much, I couldn&#8217;t just toss the scraps. Instead, I made more buttons:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button1-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"button1\" title=\"button1\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1473\" style=\"background:white; padding:2px; border:0px solid white;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button1-217x300.jpg 217w, http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button1-742x1024.jpg 742w, http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button1.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button3-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"button3\" title=\"button3\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1475\" style=\"background:white; padding:2px; border:0px solid white;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button3-217x300.jpg 217w, http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button3-742x1024.jpg 742w, http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button3.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button2-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"button2\" title=\"button2\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1474\" style=\"background:white; padding:2px; border:0px solid black;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button2-217x300.jpg 217w, http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button2-742x1024.jpg 742w, http:\/\/goodknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/button2.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If you love them, you could buy them from my Etsy shop, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/54016823\/vintage-fabric-covered-buttons-set-of-3\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. They would qualify for my BOGO 50% off sale! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4115\/4899892290_f74094c645.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" alt=\"orange round pillow\" style=\"background:white; padding:4px; border:1px solid black;\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Look at what I finished up, today! I crocheted the front on Friday and it sat on my loveseat all weekend. I kept throwing ideas around about completing the pillow. They&#8217;d land on uninterested ears (my husband, my kids, etc) but it wasn&#8217;t until last night that I decided to use one of my favorite vintage pillow cases as the back. 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