The sun was out today and the sky was blue!!!
I have to say just that is enough to warrant a blog post, in my opinion. But I'm also positively pleased with my newly finished plus-sign pillow:
I followed this tutorial over at Jaceycraft; it is really simple to put together, although laying out my squares was a lot like working on a puzzle (which was kind of fun). Once I had my layout, the sewing went quickly. The fabric came from some charm packs of Juggling Summer by Zen Chic and I quilted it in an arced pattern to mimic the circles in one of the rings. I basically tied a string to a pencil and pivoted around one of the corners. I quilted down that line using a walking foot and then echoed it. I used a lined envelope backing and bound it with 2 1/4" wide strips. I didn't want a really wide binding, but it if I am going to try 2 1/2" wide strips next time. There are four layers of fabric where the two backing pieces overlap, plus the quilted front so it was a bit of a challenge getting the binding folded over all of that far enough to cover the seam line.
Here is my attempt at an artsy shot:
I'm finishing something up for Giveaway Day which starts on Monday - I hope you'll come back then.
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This looks great - I love the curved quilting on it.
ReplyDeleteI'm still debating what to do for giveaway day this May - I always do one, but I don't have any ideas this time around, and usually I do!
I have loved every plus block I've seen : ) beautiful quilting too
ReplyDeleteI love the simple tessellation pattern, and the way you quilted it too.
ReplyDeleteI love the quilting. I'll have to try it on my next pillow.
ReplyDeleteThe first quilt I made for my granddaughters quilt was this one. Love your colors.
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