Pretty pillows ...
One was planned ... one not so much.
The smaller one first ... the pillow top was my first attempt at straight line quilting as I blogged here (the good news is that although the walking foot didn't fit, I've been in touch with the e-bay supplier and he's sending me the correct one as soon as he receives the first one he sent me - hooray!). This pillow was supposed to have a white patchwork quilted top and a gold straight-line quilted back. I had quilted and washed both the top and bottom and started working on them yesterday morning ... cutting down the pieces to 13" x 17" to cover a 12" x 16" pillow form.
The bad news is ... I unfortunately cut the back 12" x 17". The good news is that is was the back ... not the front that I worked so hard on. I'm out at the cabin, with no batting on hand ... so I decided to try making self-welting instead, and coupling that up with a simple material back (not quilted).
The cover for the second pillow was supposed to be a pillow sham ... but it just didn't work properly ... so I cut the pillow sham pieces down to 19" x 19" and used them on an 18" x18" pillow form instead. The pillow top and bottom are identical.
This represent my first installation of a invisible zipper -- which was a challenge, but accomplished and it looks reasonable.
This has definitely been a process ... and a learning experience! The matching quilt is about 40% quilted, so I need to finish that, bind it and take another run at a pillow sham and it will be off in the mail! Bummed that I don't have a twin bed that I can photo it all on ... but imagine I will come up with something!
I was also supposed to be working on Lynne's Union Jack quilt blocks for Fresh Modern Bee 2 ... but found that paper piecing is virtually impossible for me without and iron which, with the batting, remains in Seattle ... technically August doesn't end for 2 more days ... so tomorrow after work I am definitely on it Lynne ... promise ...
Hope you had a great weekend ...
All the best
Lisa
WONDERFUL PILLOWS!!!
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful, Lisa! I love that straight line quilting.... I'm getting ready to do some on a quilt, hopefully tomorrow or the next day...
ReplyDeleteThose pillows are awesome! I especially LOVE the smaller one! That gold back and the piping are to die for! Add to that the gorgeous straight line quilting and I think that is the most perfect pillow ever! I don't think I can make pillows. They never turn out, so I don't even try! I would love to have some of those smaller pillows on my bed made with some Arcadia fabric! Maybe I should try it sometime.
ReplyDeleteThese look great - I love the striking simplicity of straight line quilting. I really should try making pillows(!) (we call them cushions in the UK, pillows are only what you sleep on!)
ReplyDeleteThese turned out great, Lisa! You did a great job on the welting. We are doing a little redecorating in our living room, so I definitely need some new pillows.
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