I made 4 pillows in December - one for me, one for mom, one for my son and one for my daughter! Each of these are very different and all were quite fun to make!
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| Pillow for me and pillow for mom |
Back in the summer, I made my daughter a quilt for her bed (Playful) that used 75 of the 100 blocks in 100 days QAL. I took some of the remaining blocks to make a pillow for her bed. Stuffed inside is a regular bed pillow.
I saved all the small scraps from this project and sewed many of them together for the pillow back. I used my pillow zipper tutorial to finish it off.
For my son, I wanted to make a pillow for his couch using the same colors in a quilt I had made him last Christmas. I chose a fractal design called the Hilbert curve for this one. To quilt, I stitched around the inside edge of each shape in matching thread.
I'm finding am really enjoying creating pillows and see more pillow making in my future. These 4 pillows plus these three (below) - made earlier in the year - make it a 7 pillow year which is 6 more than I made in 2016!
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| Michigan and Triangle MQG pillow exchange |
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| Fathers Day |
I'll be linking up my pilllows with Freemotion by the River, WIP Wednesday's, Let's Bee Social, Midweek Makers. Needle and Thread Thursdays, Finish it Up Friday and Finished or Not Friday.
Have a wonderful day! Patty
Fun! I like making pillows, too!
ReplyDeleteI love how coordinated the pillows for your son and daughter are with the quilts you have made them previously!
ReplyDeleteAll the pillows are great, but the gnome (Tomte) makes me smile from ear to ear - he's so cute and texturey! I think he knows some secrets, to be honest! ;)
ReplyDeleteI had two pillows planned, but never got to them. Oh well, there's an idea for February OMG!!
ReplyDeleteLove all the pillows, Patty! I've made a few myself...so fun!
ReplyDeleteAll of them are very pretty. That Father's Day pillow with the photos is so nice. Gotta love pillows, right?
ReplyDeleteThey all look great, but the blue one really is cool. I love the graded colors and the pattern.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
love your pillow with the elf adn tree! what pattern, where can I find it to make one?
ReplyDeleteYou can find more about the pattern I used for the pillow on this post: http://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2017/12/merry-christmas.html
DeleteWhat a gorgeous collection of pillows!
ReplyDeleteOh the Christmas gnome and the tree!! They're all beautiful but that one really captured my heart!
ReplyDeleteI love all your cushions - they make a great gift - and there can be as much work involved in them as making a small quilt (I find) so well done :-)
ReplyDeleteYour pillows all turned out beautifully. I really like the one for your Mom and the one for your daughter's bed.
ReplyDeleteAll beautiful!! And thank you for a gift idea for next year!! Everyone will get pillows! Maybe I'll even start sewing now. Who am I kidding....
ReplyDeleteThat Michigan pillow it TOTALLY AWESOME!!! It's not my state or a stat that I've visited often, but the idea can (and hopefully will) be translated.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pillows and quilt projects Patty!! I think it is always so neat to make a pillow to match a quilt using the scraps!
ReplyDeleteOh my - I don't which is my favorite - love them all!! And a great present idea - I'll tuck that away for next year.
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