Tuesday, November 12, 2013

A Quilted Trio

Once upon a time, mom, daughter dear, and I happened upon a stash sale, the looks of which none of us had seen before! We all found some goodies to bring home and at the time, mom knew exactly what she wanted made out of her stack - some new pillows for her family room.
Michele D'Amore's Habitat & Bold and Beautiful + Kona Sweet Pea

Fast forward 8 months and we finally settled on a pattern and some quilting designs and got the 20" pillow forms purchased. The pillow below was our initial inspiration, but note that this is actually the back of a pillow by PatchworkPottery. But we loved the stripeyness, the quilted goodness, and indeed, the tie back.
Crane Star Pillow - back
With plans for 3 pillows, I used the same mix of fabrics on each pillow, but in a different order.
Each also got a different quilting treatment, all with Aurifil 50wt #2326 (tan, though it looked more goldish to me).

 The third pattern actually got the addition of #2310 (light beige) as well . . .
And the backs? All three got a faced envelope closure with matching ties.
With a matching dotty binding to finish them up, I'm pretty sure they'll suit mom just fine. Better late than never, right?

Linking up with Fabric Tuesday.

29 comments:

  1. Debbie, these are gorgeous! Very elegant fabric choice. And the quilting is so perfect.
    E xx

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  2. Your pillows are stunning! Congrats on a great finish!

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  3. I love that tie back!! Lovely colour choices and your quilting is perfect - how could Mom not adore them?

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  4. Great job checking things off the list! Love the pillows and your new bag.

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  5. those are beautiful! especially love that tie on the back.

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  6. Very attractive pillows! Lucky mom!

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  7. Love the pillows, love finding great stashing buys!

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  8. LOVE LOVE these! especially the dot binding :) I'm having one of those "gotta have them" moments. Pinning these for next year's projects!

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  9. The pillows are wonderful, each with different and fun quilting too. And I love your new floor too.

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  10. lovely! and it must feel nice to get them done too!

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  11. Great pillows! I'm sure your Mom will love them!

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  12. These are great! Thanks for the wonderful ideas :)
    www.sewcraftychick.blogspot.com

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  13. Wonderful... love the back tooIt's rare that you really want to turn a pillow around and show the back :)

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  14. The pillows look so comfy and full to the brim which is awesome!

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  15. Very pretty pillows. Love all the different quilting patterns.

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  16. I love your choices. I have a probably obvious to everyone but me question but is the tie mostly for looks or does it perform a function I'm not thinking of? I usually do envelope closures and I think the tie is a spiffy idea.

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  17. I love the tie idea! I would never have thought of that! Very cute!

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  18. They're great debbie! Funny, on IG I thought they were blue!!

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  19. Debbie, I can't say enough about how much I like these pillows, but that adorable tie sends me over the edge!! LOVE

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  20. Awesome Debbie. I'm sure mum is very pleased : )

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  21. I really like the colours in the pillows - the quilting is very cool too!

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  22. The new pillows are lovely--and your new floor is fabulous! Very pretty together, too! Classy all around!

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  23. love love love that binding! great job on the pillows and the quilting is fab!

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  24. They look great, and I'm sure they're, err, autumn colours, or maybe evergreen? ;o)

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  25. Those pillows look fantastic! Pillows are somewhere down my list. I even went as far as buying forms a couple of months ago!

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