This post is part of the Linked Pillow-Along. If you are just joining, you can see the first post here and the supply list here. There will be plenty of time to catch up. Today we are cutting the fabric. Friday we'll be making our...
Are you ready to get started? I am! Here is the supply list: 1/2 yard of Kona Nightfall 1/2 yard of Kona White 1/4 yard of Kona Lime 21" square for lining (I used muslin) 20" square of batting 18" zipper (either green or white) 20" pillow form These fabric amounts are generous...
Several kind people have asked about a tutorial for my Linked pillow. So let's have a Pillow-Along! I know it will be more fun if we are all working on it together. OK, so I'll be back on Wednesday with a supply list. Then I'll...
After a busy weekend at the quilt show, when the mailman rang the doorbell and left a package on my doorstep, I didn't have any immediate idea what it could be. As I picked up the slightly squishy package, I realized it was probably my...
Linked - 20" I'm participating in a new kind of pillow swap on Flickr called A Modern Quilted Pillow Swap. Tiina of Cotillelo dreamed it up. Instead of being assigned a partner and stalking them and hoping for clues and feedback and then stressing that they'll...
I enjoy working with bias strips so much. The slim curves they make just suit my minimalist style to a "T". For this pillow, my color choices were inspired by summer sunrises and Jacquie's lovely low volume quilt. I quilted it in wavy echoes...
How do you decide what to work on next? Most of us who make things have long lists of projects we'd like to make. Deadlines and partially finished projects usually figure heavily in my decisions. This week, however, this pillow leapfrogged itself past the rest...
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...
about the two other swaps I'm participating in. Their ship dates are March 10 and 12. My partner in The Pillow Talk Swap 7 has been fairly quiet, but she likes deep colors and her mosaic features some intricate piecing. I'm thinking about using some...
Just in time for Valentine's Day or whenever someone you know could use a lift. As in the "Hug" pillow, I used four reds and four creams for my pillow. Maybe it is the unseasonably warm winter we've had so far, but I felt like a...