A Charley Harper pillow

Over the course of a couple evenings last week I made a pillow for my living room using a fun Charley Harper print I had purchased specifically for that purpose. I knew I wanted something very simple and I figured the print was interesting enough on it's own, so in the end, I did not piece anything, I just cut a square of fabric and called it good.

I wanted to make the top interesting, though, so I came up with a quilting design that mirrored the angle of the leaves in the print. I put my ruler down along one "line" of leaves and marked a straight line. From there, I just drew lines 3/4" apart in both directions until my square was covered. I like the denseness of the quilting; it adds a nice body to the project.

I wanted a zipper closure for the back which I hid under a flap of contrasting solid fabric.

It's sitting on the couch now, offering itself up, occasionally, as a throne for one rather indulged beagle. I like how it turned out although I am going to change out the pillow form inside. I have a preference for feather-filled pillow forms and since nobody in our house is allergic, I use them in all my pillows. As it happened, I didn't have one on hand but I plan to pick one up (and a couple extra) next time I make it to Ikea (they are a good price there).

Another project done early in the year. Yay!

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