I love all the scrappy quilts I see, but I have never had enough fabric to make one myself. A couple nights ago I decided I had to make a pillow as a gift, so I pulled out a lot of my fabric and struggled to find some that worked. In the end I chose the same collection I used to make our
dog bed. Not quite as scrappy as I was hoping, but I do love the colours and it is great to put it to use.
I was able to finish the top of the pillow last night. All that is left is to sew the back fabric on and stuff a pillow in it!
I love the way it came out. I will be honest, I paper pieced the squares and measured my paper squares to be 8.5" inches. After completing the first two I discovered that I did not make squares! I made rectangles. My solution was to cut them smaller. So instead of 8.5" square I ended up with 7.25" squares. The black border was my solution to bring the pillow top back to size.
My Christmas Gift Sewing Work In Progress schedule.
December 1: 0 planned
December 3: 2 planned - 0 done
December 5: 5 planned - 1 done
December 12: 6 planned - 1 done
December 15: 8 planned - 2 done
December 17: 9 planned - 2 done
December 18: 6 planned - 2 done
So as of today it looks like I have 4 things on my to do list. I have high hopes that I will be able to complete 2 or 3 tonight.
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year!!!
I will be back after Christmas and hopefully be sharing some of my finishes with you.