3.+Idea+Generation

__ Idea Generation __ Before I produce make my pillow I will have to design some possible concepts and come up with some ideas. These ideas have to evolve and develop and must relate and compliment one another. I have decided that I would like a pillow that goes with my quilt but still has a bit of contrast. I recently bought a new quilt cover and I am going with a similar theme which involves white leaves set against a purple coloured background. I want my pillow to stand out and incorporate some textured finishes and I intend to use Swarovski crystal beads to achieve this. **Idea 1 ** 

This design is really interesting and would work on my pillow really easily. It has style and I think a lot of girls with feminine taste would like and possible purchase. The techniques used in this design are appliqué, handmade fabric flowers and beading. This pillow design would be hard to produce as it is using so much beading and hard appliqué. The main tools I would need to use are sewing needles, pins, a sewing machine and special embroidery needles. The materials that I will need to use are embroidery thread, white fabric, purple fabric, white beads and felt white fabric. The reason why I decided to come up with this design would have to be because it is unique and I haven't really seen a design like this before. I like the idea of the purple appliqué on the white fabric but I do question my overall design. I think that it is good but still needs a little bit more contrast and texture to make it my final design.



**Idea 2 **  I think that this idea is good as it is not over powering and would look good on my pillow. It has style and I think that the black ribbon would make the pillow stand out. The techniques that I will use include appliqué, beading, tacking ribbon and hand embroidery. The hand embroidery on this pillow will be quite difficulty because I have never done this type of fine embroidery work before, but I am willing to try and achieve the leaf hand embroidered design. The tools that I would have to use are sewing and fine embroidery needles and a sewing machine. The materials that I will have to buy are purple fabric, white fabric, black ribbon, white ribbon, Swarovski Crystal beads and white embroidery thread. Due to the Swarovski Crystal beads I will have to be very conscious of budget with this idea. I selected this as one of my designs because it has a lot of appliqué and style to it. I think that the design would look good on my quilt because it goes with the theme of the leaves. I also like the back of the pillow as it has hand embroidery.  **Idea 3 ** I think the handmade embroidered flowers in this design make it far more interesting. The level of detail demonstrates my skill and talent in textiles and reveals my own personal touch and attention. I also love the cube beads as I think they go well with the straight ribbon and make it neater. The techniques that I would be using are handmade flowers, beading and hand embroidery. This pillow is likely to more difficult for me to make as it involves hand stitching and many intricate flowers. I may also encounter problems stitching the beads in perfect alignment, without any gaps between them. The tools that I would be using are needles, embroidery needles, sewing machine and pins. The materials that I would be using are purple and white fabric, white and black ribbon, Swarovski Crystal beads and white embroidery thread.  I don’t think that any of the three designs are the perfect one and I believe that I am going to have to put all the designs together and incorporate them into the one pillow. I would like to use a lot of techniques but still make it look good and not be too cluttered. I am also looking for a good quality pillow that someone would purchase if I showed it to them. So I would really like my pillow to have a great design and feel like it is made of high quality materials. I would like to make it worthy of being sold and a pillow that matches my quilt well as originally intended. Though, I will really have to be conscious of time and my budget for these designs.