Finished Pillow here.
You are stuck with Instagram photo's! I have not had the chance to take pictures at home and I am working on this pillow sham during my lunch at work, so this is all I have to offer today.
You are stuck with Instagram photo's! I have not had the chance to take pictures at home and I am working on this pillow sham during my lunch at work, so this is all I have to offer today.
If you have a very good memory and read my blog a year ago, you will have seen this in my Work-in-Progress (WIP) post before. I actually cut out the pieces for 3 pillow shams in 2010. That year I made one. This year I made the second one, well, almost made, I am hand stitching the binding right now.
I have learned so much since I did the first pillow. For starters I cut the pieces with scissors 2 years ago, I now have a rotary cutter. Let me tell you, a rotary cutter and mat is worth the investment!
The next thing I discovered is that I am the one who makes the points meet when assembling blocks. The first time none of my tree tops met, I didn't realize that I had as much control as I do when assembling my pieces. The trees were so much easier this year.
The final improvement was the quilting. I am more adventurous now. In the white squares I added snowflake quilting.
I really enjoy the binding on the pillow too. Again, I only recently discovered that you can bind a pillow sham. I tried it on a pillow form at home and like the way it looks. Unfortunately I am out of the green fabric, so the next pillow (whenever it is made) will have to be different.
I am linking up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced. Check out the other great blogs that are linking up.
