It's been a long busy week for me. It's so nice to have a free Friday night to catch up.
Two years ago I made pillowcases and a bed skirt for my master bedroom. It was a fun project using Heather Bailey's Nicey Jane collection. With that project, I had a lot of scraps left over. They've been lonely in my fabric stash... so I made it a mission to find a project for them.
I've been so interested in quilting lately, but it intimidates the heck out of me. The perfection of seams is just not my strong suit yet. BUT I love the idea of having all my favorite fabrics on one beautiful piece. Lucky for me, I found this great free tutorial from Amy Butler. It's the perfect entry level quilting project.
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| Masterpiece Complete |
The making of the fabric square is pretty forgiving. You will need 6 different fabric patterns of a half yard each. Another cool detail of the pattern is the triangle shapes of the quilting. When I orignally printed the pattern, I thought it was a simple retangle pattern, however, I love the interesting lines the triangles makes. Great detail that brings more interest to the pillow.
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| Here is the quilted template; you will then cut out your 24.5 x 24.5 pattern. |
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| Pin your pom-pom string on and sew. Cut the same size backing, pin and sew to create pillowcase with 18" opening on one side. Slip stitch closed. |
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| Stuffing the pillow into this pillowcase reminded me of trying to get into skinny jeans. Except for my skinny jeans always win. I won the pillowcase war. Score! |
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| Breaker wanted in on the action! Breaker says "Hi Y'ALL!" |
Happy Creating,
Jen
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