I am no quilter and I certainly don't pretend to be one. I have made a few quilts in my time but
nothing overly spectacular. I'm not one
for fussy or complicated, simply because I lack the time and the patience to
make those beautiful quilts with all the intricate patterns. I won't even take the time to learn how to
stitch and cut a fat quarter despite the fact I've been told it is dead easy to
do. Someday when I have more time and
fewer responsibilities who knows, I may expand my horizons a bit.
I don't have any fancy mattes, cutters or templates. No quilting books either. But I can cut a few squares, or several, and
stitch them together. No problem. So for now I keep it simple.
I used a piece of scrap paper to cut my pattern. I cut a square measuring 4 1/4" X 4 1/4". Then I picked out the fabric from my stash,
which is always the longest part of the process for me. It takes me forever to make a decision on what fabric or fabrics to use for any
project. Perhaps that is another reason
I don't quilt much.
I chose two complimentary fabrics in blues and yellows for the
pillow front that I planned to quilt and a piece to make the back of the pillow
that would work well with the fabrics I used on the front. I cut 8 squares of the blue fabric and 8
squares of the yellow floral fabric using my pattern. Then I laid them out alternating each one.
I sewed the squares together in rows and pressed my seams flat,
then I sewed my rows together and pressed those seams flat as well. I then cut a piece of the yellow fabric to
match the size of the pillow front.
I kept with the theme by piecing scraps of batting I had leftover
from previous projects. I stitched them
with a nice wide zigzag stitch and had just pieces for both the front and back
of the pillow.
After pinning the batting to both the front and back pillow pieces
I quilted the top. I did a stitch in the
ditch on all the seams and then diagonally across all the squares. I pinned the front to the back and stitched
all the way around leaving a 4 inch opening.
I trimmed the edges and corners before turning it right side out. I stuffed it well with plenty of
polyfil. Once that was done I was ready
to press it again and finish the pillow.
I don't skimp on the
stuffing. Once I had enough stuffed
inside I whip stitched the opening closed and plumped it up.
It was a fun little project and took about three hours from start
to finish, including making the pattern and choosing the fabrics I used. I thought about adding trim around the edge
but in this case I thought it looked nice just as it was. Maybe the next one I make I'll do a little
trim or ruffle.
Have some fabric scraps to use up?
Maybe a little quilted pillow could be on your project list sometime
soon.
that turned out great!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Not too bad for a bunch of scraps!
DeleteThat is a great looking project!
ReplyDeleteThank you Anne. It was a fun one too. :)
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