DIYscene‘s swap theme for the month of November was Burtonesque. My partner said that she loved the idea of the new movie directed by Burton, Alice in Wonderland, coming out in 2010. I decided to try something that I’ve never tried before, which was making a pillow with a character on it, made entirely with fabric scraps. I decided to do Johnny Depp’s character in Alice in Wonderland movie, The Mad Hatter.

Johnny Depp - The Mad Hatter

When starting out, I thought this pillow would be really easy to make. Actually, it took me several full days and most of the nights in November to finish it! I tried to cut out fabric according to the picture above. I worked out as many shapes as possible from the poster in Photoshop. I then cut out half of the shapes on my Cricut, and the other half by hand. It took forever to get everything to line up and look right! I had to keep altering shapes, sizes, and colors. Then, because I forgot to use the wrong Heat and Bond material (smacks head), I had to hand-sew every piece of the fabric on by hand. I absolutely LOVE how it turned out, and feel that it was totally worth making! Here are some photos that I took during the process.

If you want a better look at these photos, check out my flickr set for the Mad Hatter Pillow

Finished Mad Hatter Pillow

I do want to make more pillows like this in the future, whenever I get time! If anyone has requests for any characters on pillows, I’d be happy to take custom orders.