Pillow Talk Swap 7

The Pillow Talk Swap 7 mailing date was yesterday.  I mailed mine out before 10 am this morning – that isn’t too late is it?  I hope my partner and swap mama will forgive me!

I had a lot of fun making this pillow.  It is big – 20″ square!  The last time I blogged about this pillow, I was planning to do a small version of my Urban Trail pattern but it just never felt quite right.  So, since I have only ever done one project with diamonds before (6″ diamonds), I decided to make this star with 1″ finished diamonds.  It went pretty well considering 🙂  The center isn’t anywhere near perfect, but the rest is pretty good.  Some of the diamond corners don’t match up exactly, but they are the kind of off you only see if you really look for it, so I can live with that.

I included a sunglasses case and some chocolate in the package for my partner.

Now – see what I got!  Lynn sent me this gorgeous pillow, some coasters that I really need (somehow, I never have enough), a nail file and these darling scissors!  Doesn’t her pillow look great on my couch!  The perfect springy touch to replace the deep red pillows the couch had before.  I especially love the quilting on this pillow.  It has some great spirals radiating out from the center of the pillow and curved lines connecting the corners of the outer triangles.  I hope to be able to do free motion quilting like that one day!

Off now to try to restore some order to my sewing room!  Two deadlines in a few days makes for quite a mess 🙂

Edited to add:  linking up to AmandaJean’s Finish it Up Friday!

8 Comments
  • Lynn Douglass
    Posted at 03:47h, 20 March Reply

    I love the pillow you made! It's gorgeous! I'm so glad you like the one I made for you!

  • Marianne
    Posted at 19:34h, 19 March Reply

    Vackra kuddar.

  • Kati from Kati's Quilting
    Posted at 03:51h, 18 March Reply

    I can only join Godzi and say WOW! They look awesome!
    Your partner is certainly a lucky duck! 🙂

  • Godzi
    Posted at 00:45h, 17 March Reply

    Wow!
    Fantastic pillows

  • Lucinda
    Posted at 13:04h, 15 March Reply

    I don't know who got the better end of that deal! Both pillows are beautiful and so well made. Well done!

  • Ethne
    Posted at 08:12h, 14 March Reply

    1" diamonds – you are amazing (or crazy) – OK amazing the pillow is stunning, really stunning – then again so is the one you've received – you are very lucky and so is your partner

  • Monet
    Posted at 23:48h, 13 March Reply

    That turned out soooo nicely, Debbie! I love it!

  • Marg
    Posted at 21:38h, 13 March Reply

    Both pillows are lovely. Amazing 1" diamonds, and I'm amazed that's only your second attempt at using diamonds, well done!

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