Honey Comb Smocking

Lately, I've been pinteresting (that's a verb right?) a little more than I should. I've been searching for a new project for our weekly craft day that Loree and I decided to try! See, once a week we have to send each other a picture of a craft project. Doesn't matter what it is just as long as we send a picture. It can even be as simple as taking a picture of a piece of fabric we picked out. Than the following week we post our progress or a new project. The first week was a success I must say! I found a tutorial on Martha Stewart to make a textured pillow and off to Walmart I went to find the fabric.

 Unfortunately, I was not smart enough to figure out what the Martha Stewart tutorial was talking about. (Illustrations tend to go over my head.) Who knew it was actually called Smocking (Thanks Loree for leading me in the right direction). So, off I go again, on the hunt for a smocking diy tutorial. Did you know there's all kind of smocking methods? After a plethora of you tube videos, I finally decided that honey comb smocking was an easy way to get started.(mamacaffee you tube video)

 I begin my journey into the unknown, and found out it really wasn't that bad! BUT, I did not accommodate for the shrinkage in the pillow so my 20'X20' square pillow actually ended up being a 16'X18'pillow! Opps!  Math has never been my strong suite. Did I mention crafting really isn't either?
The grid paper you see above didn't work out and I ended up using my yard stick making dots directly on the fabric every 1 inch apart. It took me about 3 days to do the smocking watching the you tube video a million times before starting! I'm sure you could do it faster but I'm kind of slow! The first day I ended up with about 1/3 of it done. This is where I noticed opps I didn't accommodate for the shrinkage.

After Three days I was finished !

Than came the easy part of making it a pillow. I actually just pinned it onto my previously cut 20'x20' back piece than trimmed around the edges to match my smocked piece. I  sewed the edges together with the right sides of the fabric together. Than trimmed the corners so the points would stand out when I turned it right side out! I left about a 4 inch opening to fill the pillow with stuffing and than stitched the pillow up and I ended up with this ( Sorry for the lack of pictures) I ended up with a beautiful pillow!