Swaps Received!

Look at the pillow I got from PTS 7! 

Ack!!!  Isn't it awesome?!?!  Amanda did an awesome job! 

I love this so much because it's so scrappy!  Plus, I adore these colors. 

Thank you so much, Amanda!  It's already part of the family.  :)

So, the pillow I made for Joanna was well received!  She's pretty happy with it.  Phew!  :)

Here's another swap that I received.  These 2 mini's are from Rebecca. 

We did a private mini quilt swap.  Aren't they adorable?!?!

I really love them. They will be hanging in my sewing space very soon. :) 

Thanks again, Rebecca! I can't wait to put these up!

This what I sent her.  Some granny squares....  :)

If you've been wanting to make one, here's a great granny squares tute!

I hope you all are having a great weekend.  :P

oxox,

Sunny

Some Weekend Sewing

So we spent this past weekend in Vegas.  We didn't fly, so it was a long drive.  Especially when you have 2 small kiddos.  To me, Road trip = Hand sewing!  So here's what I worked on....

A new pillow for our bedroom. 

These small squares were all English Paper Pieced.  Yes, hand sewn!  It's also hand quilted too.  Lots of hand sewing on this puppy!  Crazy, I know, but the end result is always great.

My husband was kinda bummed that I gave away this pillow.  He didn't realize I made it for a swap.  So this pillow has almost the same prints as the other one.  Just a little different. Nonetheless, he approves.

Here it is playng nicely with my Habitat Pillows. 

I also managed to hand quilt most of my Christmas Tree Skirt.  I'll be showing that to you very soon!

Oxox,

Sunny

LAMQG Habitat Challenge!

My guild hosted another challenge. We got 8 Fat Eights of Jay McCarroll's line Habitat. We were told not to take any if we did not plan on using them. I never turn down a chance to work with free fabric!  :)   So here's what I came up with... 3 Pillows!  My goal was to use every last piece and I did!  The solid print that I used in every pillow is Kona Coal.  My new favortite!  :)

Pillow #1 are HST's (Half Square Triangles). I made it so I could get more comfortable with doing them. I'm still not crazy about HSTs but I'm even more not crazy about the free motion quilting I used here.  I really hate how it looks and that's because it's my first time with it. I need more practice....

 

Pillow #2 was inspired by Denyse Schmidt's Hop, Skip & Jump pattern. I've been wanting to make a quilt out of that pattern so I thought this would be a great test drive.  I love this pattern alot! The pebble quilting was cool too, but some parts are an absolute abomination.  Again, I need more practice.....

Pillow #3 is my favorite! It's a Spiderweb Block - My Way.  Tutorial is coming so you guys can make one too. Aren't they fun?!?!  I wanted to echo the web, so I thought hand quilting it would really make it pop!  I think it did the trick.  :)

So here they are all happy together! 

These are definitely a great addition to my couch! :)

Overall, I think pillows are great because they are so quick to put together.  It's a great way to test out a quilt pattern that you might be on the fence about. 

Now, go forth and make some pillows!

OXOX,

Sunny

The Pillow Talk { Swap } - Round 6

3 posts in one month!!!  What?!?!  I know...  I'm really trying to be better about not neglecting you, Miss Blog! 

Anyway, I decided to participate in The Pillow Talk { Swap } - Round 6.  I've been waiting to participate since I joined the group in January.  There are so many talented folks in this swap.  So getting a pillow from any of these peeps is a real treat. 

It was fun stalking my partner!  I decided to keep the keep my color palette limited to grey, greens, blues & yellows. 

I found some real beauties in my scrap bin!
So here's what I came up with....
 I added a small Kona Coal border and I used some Black Authentic to bind.



I was going to machine quilt this, but my Amish alter ego took over.....  I hand quilted it!  :)

Here's the back....

More Kona Coal with a zipper in the back!  This was my first time putting a zipper on a pillow!  I'm so glad I didn't screw it up...  :)

I added a little label.  I hope my partner doesn't mind...

So that's it!  All done!  I enjoyed making this for you Partner! 

I hope it's a welcome new addition to your home. 

I will be sending this over at the end of the week.



Enjoy!!  :)

oxox,

Sunny