![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The reason I had to trim off a 6.5" strip is that had I not, the other side of my pillowcase would have ended above the lacy pink edging you see above, and I wanted to keep that as part of the case. I trimmed 2 1/4" off the selvage side of the panel, and left 6" on the opposite side.įrom here I just needed to cut 6.5" strip off the remaining fishnet part of the fabric and sew it to the other side of the sea creatures panel. Yes! I would have enough to make two pillowcases with a band AND I had 21" left with which I could make a cushion cover!! Doesn't take much to keep this girl happy. It took a bit of courage to make these cuts! What if I centred the panel area on the main part of the pillowcase? Hit "Custom" (who knew you could do that?) and voilà! I saw really interesting pillowcases, the first few of which had either a monogramme, or an image of some kind, centred on the case, not on the band! Lightbulb. My brain thanks me.įirst I googled pillowcase images. They say to keep your brain young and vibrant, you must use it much like keeping your body in shape, exercise. The second surprise was that 2 yards would not make pillowcases the way I had envisioned. Still I love loved the fabric, so I bought it. The first surprise was that this fabric is an aqua to coral ombré, and coral is not really in my wheelhouse. I wanted the panel to be the vertical edge of each pillowcase. It started with the Tidal Lace fabric which I bought last winter to make pillowcases. I didn't think I'd have enough of any turquoise or aqua fabric here with me for a back, but look what I found!īutterfly Wings from Tula Pink's "Acacia" line I used Isacord 4421 polyester in 40 wt for all the quilting on this cushion. I had to include a bit of FMQ, so I stitched out Leah Day's fossil snail design in the centre of the white plus, and FMQ-ed my initials in the bottom right corner. I'm so glad I brought it with me by chance! Did you notice pale green dove fabric left over from Brady's stocking? :-) Wasn't sure but did a row 1/4' on either side of the ditch and thought yep, it works.įor the binding I used a black striped Debbie Mumm I've had forever. Decided to just do straight lines with the walking foot, so I first ditch-stitched vertically, which makes for a line across the short side of the rectangles. Really, in the grand scheme of things, I've already admitted to needing now to make 5 cushions covers, 6 if you count Bella's little cushion she's commissioned, so no big deal.ĭitch-stitched it horizontally while I thought how I would quilt it. So I lived in the moment, decided apparently my higher self wanted this plus design for the guest room cushion cover, and went with it. Now that I was doing a 9X9 grid, the 4.5" rectangles for the pluses on the end would be wasted. ![]() However, I was following the "dream big" quilt pattern in Camille Roskelley's Simplify book, and I was using 6.5" rectangles. Were I to be doing this in nothing but 2.5" squares it would not be a problem. With a little help, I found it! Only one yard remained on the bolt, and I took it. Last week I took Dayna's quilt into my LQS to show the ladies and to check out if any of the fabrics I bought were still in stock, as I do not have a speck of the deepest purple left, which I'd like for the binding. But they are growing on me, and since remembering that I wanted to do a Swoon quilt, I've decided these might make quite a lovely one. I'll admit I would not have bought many of these if I was in a quilt shop, just not feeling the colour combinations here. Unbelievable hand! "Feel the difference" indeed. I absolutely adore Art Gallery fabrics from the first one I purchased. Still, I love a thoughtful surprise.īack to the fabric. You don't need Christmas or a birthday in order to get it. We do not exchange gifts, much to my chagrin, but he says if you want something, go buy it. My sweet daughter Dayna researched the idea, and made my husband buy it for me for Christmas. Aha! Christmas was around the corner.so I put it on my list. She got an Art Gallery 3-month Pink Castle Fabrics fabric club present for her birthday. When I first heard of fabric clubs, it was from Bernie, at Needle and Foot. Yes, there have been a couple others which were bundles put together by Craftsy, not of one line, and at an unbelievable deal. I will confess that in my quilting life of 20 years, I have only ever bought two fat quarter bundles of one fabric line, both of which were on sale. Yum! This is Fleet and Flourish by Maureen Cracknell, (check out that link for the quilt she just made using these fabrics-wow!) a 20-piece fat quarter bundle. ![]()
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