Gift for neighbor who has been watering my plants
My next door neighbor in Los Angeles has been taking care of my back yard while we are staying in Cathedral City/Palm Springs during the quarantine. A lot of the plants get watered by sprinklers, but then there are a lot that have to be hand-watered, although it doesn't normally take more than 20 minutes once or twice a week to do this. She is also checking the front of the house to make sure that no mail is left, but I had already put in a forwarding notice to the Post Office, which will expire May 30, unless I extend it. We don't know how long we will have to stay here.
Anyway, I decided to make a present for Sara, but I can never know whether she will like it. She is probably around 30, not very feminine, teaches yoga, and generally seems to wear yoga pants. I bought her a necklace in Fiji, but she told me she does not wear jewelry, and so I gave her a vase instead, which she did seem to like. Her husband collects Tiki items, but I'm not making this for him - otherwise I would have used cotton fabric that I bought in Fiji. Maybe I will use that to make masks for them.
Anyway, here are photos of the pillow I made for her.
The fabric is 100% silk, which I got from the textiles department where i used to work. Unfortunately, the colors do not show up that well in these photos, and I do not have good photo editing software on my laptop here.
Here is a detail of the face fabric, showing the black rib detail:
Both of the fabrics are yarn dyed, and the pattern comes from the weaving. The back is a satin weave and while substantial, is not as heavy as the face. I chose these fabrics because I thought they were not too feminine (I have some prettier silk that I considered too feminine for her), and I used different fabric for the back so that the pillow would be more versatile.
I was thinking that if she does not appear to like it that I would tell her that she could give it to someone else, like her mother, who lives nearby.
I know that many people say not to give home decor items as presents, but I have made silk pillows as presents for others (including some of Kevin's co-workers), and he said they loved them, but then perhaps they were only being polite.
I do plan to make Sara and her husband a pair of masks as well. BTW, they have both a dog and a cat.
Do you think it is okay to go ahead and give this pillow to Sara? It did not take me that long to make - putting in the zipper took the longest time. The masks take a lot less time, however.
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