Pillow In Progress

The Salt Lake Modern Quilt Guild is doing a pillow swap as part of their monthly meeting tomorrow night.  I didn’t think I’d have time to make anything so I wasn’t planning on joining in.  Then I saw a few of the pillows that some other SLMQG members were bringing for the swap and I knew I HAD to join!

So here’s my pillow in progress -   Monday night I fused some Heat n’ Bond Lite to some green scraps and cut a simple leaf shape out of each print.  Side note: aren't they pretty?  I sure have a TON of green scraps.  My bin overfloweth.

 

Then I dug through my stash and found eight gray fabrics I liked -

and used those to make the background for the leaves.  Last night I fused the leaves and then quilted around each leaf.  I felt it needed a bit more so I added a few straight quilting lines.

This afternoon my job is to add the backing and binding!

I have to say that last night I began to wonder why I don’t make more pillows?  They’re a quick and satisfying project and I get to use pretty scraps.  It’s a win/win if you ask me.

Linking up to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced