Monday, March 26, 2012

prince charming cathedral window pillow

I've been working on a quilt, featuring Tula Pink's Prince Charming fabric line- and it's gorgeous! It just got finished being quilted, and I'm looking forward to getting it back to I can get it bound and photographed for all to see.

In the meantime, I'll show you a little something I made with the scraps!

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When I first saw the tutorial to make this Cathedral Window pillow, I wanted to make one right then. But I really didn't have an idea for what fabrics to use. I looked through my scraps trying to piece something together- but in the end I didn't like what I picked so I abandoned the project.

Then when I got finished with my quilt top- and I had all these little squares all over my sewing desk, I remembered this pillow and got right to work putting it together!


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It was a lot of fun- and only a little bit frustrating. I loved sewing back the corners to reveal the fabric underneath! And my corners and middles are pretty off- but it's a pillow, and it was my first try, so who cares?



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It already looks great on our bed and when I get the quilt finished it will look even better!

Last week I put these photos up on flickr- and Tula Pink saw them and featured one on her Facebook page! I was so excited I almost died!

Friday, March 16, 2012

up & away...

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Being a pattern tester is fun.

I saw on Craft Shmaft's website that she needed pattern testers for her new Balloon Mobile pattern- so I signed right up!



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Isn't it fun??



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It was so fun, and so easy! I highly recommend trying it out for yourself.

I used the scraps from a quilt that I've been making- it just got finished being quilted so as soon as I get it back I'll do a whole post about it. 

Since there are 4 ballons, and 4 colorways- I thought it would be the perfect project for my leftovers.



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Olive & Coral.



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Coral & Indigo.



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Honey & Olive.



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Indigo & Honey.



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