Next month my local quilt guild will be having a quilt show. Much of my sewing/quilting time lately has been directed at this. I've put hanging sleeves and labels on quilts I'm entering, finished up my Whisper Quilt and Russian Quilt and, most recently I've been making pillows for the puddle.
The pillow puddle is a big child's swimming pool filled with pillows. To win a pillow visitors will choose a ticket out of a jar for a given price (I'm not sure what the charge is) and if the pillow is marked as a winner they get to choose any pillow out of the puddle.
So far I've made these:
It's sort of addicting. As I'm making one, I come up with an idea for another one. I've used mostly orphan blocks and scraps and stuffing from extra pillows around the house. All but one of the orphans above came from some items I won at our winter quilt guild auction. So, another member donated the blocks, I bought them and made them into pillows to donate back to the guild for the puddle! I also got to use my Sashiko for some of the top stitching.
I thought I was finished, but I came up with another pillow design and have planned to make a few more.
My two favorites from this batch are:
Stay tuned for part two!
The pillow puddle is a big child's swimming pool filled with pillows. To win a pillow visitors will choose a ticket out of a jar for a given price (I'm not sure what the charge is) and if the pillow is marked as a winner they get to choose any pillow out of the puddle.
So far I've made these:
I thought I was finished, but I came up with another pillow design and have planned to make a few more.
My two favorites from this batch are:
I love the idea of the pillow puddle and you have really been hard at work. Great designs for pillows and the elephant is my fav!
ReplyDeleteOut of the two, I like the elephant more
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