I decided to sew them into a pillow, because I have more space for pillows at this point than I do for Christmas wall quilts.
![house pillow](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/583/23508144572_46d7232083_z.jpg)
The houses are free motion quilted with an orange peel style corner-to-corner curve design, there's a wavy stitch in the sashing, and the loopy border quilting is a variation on, and my first attempt at the Beginner Loops design from the Inbox Jaunt. You can tell I didn't mark any lines to guide the width of my motifs... I think it looks ok anyway.
I made some little log cabin blocks with the scraps and put a row of them on the back. I used some of the leftover charm squares too. The back isn't quilted, it's a double layer of quilting fabric.
![house pillow back](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5740/23508145452_ce079989eb_z.jpg)
The pillow is 18" square and the house blocks finish up at 3 3/4" square.
I'm really happy it's done and looking forward to sewing something with larger pieces of fabric next.
![house pillow front](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/698/23616717925_bd54fcd0b2_z.jpg)
4 comments:
Love Love Loooove your Pillow!! Awesome job!!! & very creative!!
Winterberry works so well in this project, of course! Thanks so much for the quilting info. What is it with little houses - they're always so appealing and in this colourway, your cover rocks, even the back! Gorgeous job
I love your pillow and it only takes a charm pack with some yardage? That is fantastic! I want to make one. I love your fabrics!!
I am making pillows right now - mostly for presents, so I haven't been able to share. This is a great idea for a pillow :-)
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