4.+Optimum+Selection

__ Optimum Selection __ After thinking about and evaluating my designs I have incorporated all my designs together to create the one pillow. I loved all my ideas but there was also something not right about each one so I have taken little elements of each and created the one pillow that ticks all my boxes. This pillow is designed to work in my room. **Final Design **

I have decided to use this pillow as my final design because it will work very well with my quilt and my bedroom. I believe that it will be a fun, exciting and a stylish pillow that will bring a feminine style and colour to my bedroom. This pillow ticks all the boxes for me and makes my happy to look at this design. It has many techniques that I like doing. It incorporates some of my favourite colours and includes Swarovski crystal beads that give the design great texture and sparkle which I absolutely love.

I decided to use this design because it incorporates all of my favourite textile techniques like beading, handmade flowers, appliqué and hand embroidery. The numbers of techniques I used in the pillow design are more than what the design brief required. However, I love each technique as I believe that they will all build character on my pillow.

Using all these techniques will be extremely time consuming so I will need to be very conscious of the due date. I will also have to be very conscious of cost as I will be using expensive Swarovski beads to create texture and sparkle to create a beautiful look.

As I am making this pillow I will have to use numerous tools to help me achieve my final result. I will have to be conscious of the fact that I don’t have all the tools at home so I will have to finish them at school. All tools needed to complete the pillow from the beginning of the process to the final steps are listed below:
 * Needles
 * Dressmakers Ruler
 * Embroidery Needles
 * Pins
 * Ruler
 * Lead Pencil
 * Sewing Machine
 * Scissors
 * Fabric Scissors
 * Unpicker
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Tailor’s chalk



<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Now that I have identified all the necessary tools, I am now going to focus on the materials that I will need to purchase to produce my final design. I must buy all these materials under my $30 budget, but I do want all these materials to be good quality so I am looking to purchase good items at the best possible price. The materials that I will be using for this design are:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">50cm Purple Fabric
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">20cm White Fabric
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">50cm White Ribbon
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">50cm Black Ribbon
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">80 x 6mm Swarovski Crystal Rondells
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">18 x 6mm Crystal Bicone
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">15 Medium White Beads (Approx)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">10 Small White Beads (Approx)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">20cm White felt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">White Embroidery thread
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">White Cotton
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Purple Cotton (make sure it is the same shade of the purple fabric)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Purple Embroidery Thread (also to match the purple fabric)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Polly fill (Stuffing)



<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Luckily for me I already have a couple of these items so I won’t need to purchase them the white fabric, both the medium and small white beads, and the white embroidery thread.

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">I think that this pillow is definitely going to be a challenge to produce in everyway, especially in terms of cost and sticking to my budget, production time and the complexity of the techniques I intend to use. However, I am keen to step up to the challenge and I think that everything is achievable if you put the time and effort into it. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">I am extremely excited at the prospect of making this pillow and I am looking forward to starting to put it together. I think that the final result will be beautiful and something that I will treasure for the rest of my life. I am looking forward to putting it on my bed and seeing the final result.