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Ring Bearer Pillow Any Ideas
Peggy   Advanced Beginner MT USA Member since 10/8/02 Posts: 651	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/19/06 11:38 AM I've volunteered to make the ring bearer pillow for a dear friend's daughter. I would like to make it really special. I would love ideas from you. Thanks in advance. Peggy
Kathi R   Intermediate USA Member since 2/28/05 Posts: 2052 PR Weekend Volunteer	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/19/06 2:00 PM A few years ago I did some consulting (financial, not design) for a bridal accessory company and boy, did I learn a bunch. Accessories are a big deal and they are big business too. First you need to decide on the style -- will the wedding look like Vera Wang designed it or Scott McClintock......tailored or frilly? Then color -- by now the bride has picked a scheme so the accessories should work with that pallet. Check out the online sources for ideas. Once you have a style and color selected you should pick out primary and secondary ribbons for the accessories, establish a bow style -- and then make a fully coordinated set. The ring bearer pillow, flower girl basket, cake knife, champagne flutes, guest book, candle holders etc. Make sure the ring bearer pillow has a very secure place for the rings - like a ribbon tie down inside a pouch attached to the pillow. Good luck and have fun. ------ 2012 : starting stash 386, net additions 206, used 164, ending stash 428
Leora Intermediate OR USA Member since 2/7/04 Posts: 2138	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/19/06 2:25 PM There is a ring bearer pillow in the 4/2005 BWOF. I seem to remember it had a dress from each era and accessories at the back. ------ Leah My blog: http://www.journeytocouture.com My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
Michelle T Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 4179	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/19/06 2:35 PM I made the ring bearer pillow and lined the flower girl basket with fabric from my wedding dress. For the pillow, I made a small cushion about 6 inches around with lace in the seam. On the top I sewed ribbon roses and two long ribbons to hold the rings. Our colours were dark purple and green (14 years ago). One ribbon was purple one green. I had the same ribbons dangling from my bouquet. On the bottom of the pillow I sewed a small ring of elastic for the ring bearer to slip his finger in. The flower girl basket was a smal basket I painted white. I lined it with the dress material and had the matching ribbons dangling from the sides of the handles. ------ Proud parent of a Dwight International School Honour Roll Student
Tiner W Advanced Beginner PA USA Member since 8/29/02 Posts: 418	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/19/06 8:04 PM I made my ring bearer pillow. I used a vintage handkerchief wrapped around a small satin pillow so that the four points of the hanky joined on the top. I secured them to the pillow, then added ribbons for the rings and some antique beads or buttons.
sewnow1004 Advanced Beginner CA USA Member since 11/1/04 Posts: 36	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/19/06 10:10 PM I haven't had to make a ringbearer's pillow but thought if I had & since I have an embroidery machine now, I would put something on it like the name of the ringbearer, date of event or whatever. My son had been a ringbearer several times many years ago and he got to keep one of the pillows - it would be a nice momento for the young man. And about attaching the rings to the pillows - I wouldn't suggest doing this - unless they were fake. Most weddings I've attended the best man & maid/matron of honor had the real rings. To each his own though. -- Edited on 2/19/06 10:13 PM --
Karla Kizer   Advanced FL USA Member since 4/8/02 Posts: 6989	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/20/06 0:39 AM I've made only one ringbearer's pillow and it was for a young woman who met her husband-to-be when she was playing professional soccer in Philadelphia a few years ago. Her mother came up with the idea, and the pillow resembled a soccer ball - white satin with the dark panels made of a dark silvery metallic fabric. I used a couple of cheap paper plates as the base; they slipped inside the pillow shape, then I stuffed it with polyfil. The girls from the high school team the bride coached giggled when they saw the ringbearer pass by with the soccer pillow; the ringbearer himself had a fine time after the wedding, trying to get the thing to bounce. (It didn't.) ------ “Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.” -Robert Heinlein and Ann's father. Thanks for the reminder, Ann. Where are we going, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Matthew 25:40 (New International Version) The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Peggy   Advanced Beginner MT USA Member since 10/8/02 Posts: 651	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/20/06 10:40 AM Great ideas everyone. I really appreciate your time in responding. Any one else have any thoughts?
mamafitz Beginner WI USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 1132	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/20/06 10:42 AM i made a ring bearer pillow for my brother's wedding last spring. the review is here: Ring Pillow Review i've also made ring pillows that were more frilly, using lace, soutache, beading, whatever looked good. depending on how much time you have, you could embroider the couple's names, the date, and embellish with some bullion roses in the colors of the wedding. if you like to do hand embroidery, there are some beautiful ideas in Inspirations Bridal and Inspirations. i also made a ring pillow that was embellished with dior roses: Ring Pillow with Dior Roses (first picture on the page) my opinion on the rings: don't put the real rings on the pillow. usually the MOH and the best man have the rings. i think 8x8 is a good finished size for the pillows ------ Linda Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, and of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they’d just walk around naked at all times. -- Betsey Johnson http://mamafitz.blogspot.com
Muria Advanced Beginner MI USA Member since 2/13/05 Posts: 1340	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/20/06 12:31 PM Someone posted last spring asking for instructions to put together a rose shaped pillow. I think she got it out of a magazine, but I can't find the post now. I remember it had four smaller petals, and five larger petals that were attached to each other, with a small circle in the center that you attached ribbons to for the rings. It was made of satin and the petals were stuffed, but that's about all I can remember. It did look elegant (although I don't think the ring bearer would be interested in keeping it ). ------ Muria Where did all this fabric come from? I CAN'T have bought THAT much!

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