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Showing posts with label pinwheel Christmas pillows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pinwheel Christmas pillows. Show all posts

Friday, December 16, 2011

Pinwheel Christmas Pillows, so fun!

 So far I have made four sets of these pinwheel pillows, this being the only set I remembered to get a picture of. They are even prettier once stuffed, these haven't been yet. On this pair I thought if I would just shadow quilt the blue pinwheels and it might make them stand out a little better and it was the also the first time I have ever used high loft poly batting, usually use warm and natural. I like the puffy look of the quilting on these. 

 Although I didn't make any tutorial pictures they was pretty simple to make. I used 10 inch blocks, put them face to face and sewed a quarter in seam all the way around, cut them criss cross and then opened them up and laid out the pieces in a pinwheel pattern and sewed them back together which makes about a 12 inch block. Then I cut a piece of batting for each block and then free motioned quilted them on my old Singer 15-91.  I use a vintage Pfaff darning foot that I found in an auction box, its fits my 15 better than any free motion foot I ever bought.  I treat it like its gold...
my Pfaff darning foot LORETTA!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!