New Pillows

I'm in "getting things crossed off the to-do list"mode.  These are some pillows I promised to make for my daughter.  Nothing fancy, no printing or quilting; just basic pillows with a corded edging and zippers so they can easily be taken off to be washed.  They are for the couches in her apartment, so I anticipate that washing them now and then will be a good thing!

Our VCQ Celebration retreat is coming up next week.  Still finishing up some Alzheimer Art Quilts and a few other odds & ends.  Next week I'll be able to show complete pictures of the "secret" projects I showed parts of a few weeks ago, and of course all the fun activities.  Looking forward to 2 great classes, vendors, and evening programs, including buck night, fat quarter night, and Saturday night strippers!

Pillows

I made these 2 pillows for my daughter who recently moved to an apartment.  The blue & green segments with screen printing are hand dyes and the screen is of money plant, made from a photo I took when the plant was going to seed.  The other fabrics are commercial prints.  I did the printing and put the tops together at "quilt camp", and did the quilting and fnishing at home.

                                          Above is a close-up of the quilting.

Finished Pillows

Done!  Ready to go to my sister tomorrow!  I added cording covered with a hand-dyed fabric around the edges and a textured batik print on the back.  These are for her brown sofa, I think the colors will pop against the brown.

Quilting the Pillows

Here are a few close ups of the quilted pillow tops.  I stuck with just defining the shapes of the screen prints on this project.

Screen Printed Pillow Tops

I'm working on these 2 pillows as a gift for my sister.  I started by screen printing some snow-dyed fabrics (only the orange is a commercial fabric), cutting them into rectangles and then arranging them on a muslin and batting foundation. They are fused to the foundation, then I stitched on the knit trim where the pieces meet.  Next step - quilting.