Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Pillow party

Remember the Verna quilt I made for my friend? She asked me to make her some matching pillows (yea! I get to play with more Verna!), and this is what I came up with.

Verna pillows
The green pillow (Hocus Crocus Budding Green) is 12 x 16. The square pillows (Budding Green Stripe and Spring Bouquet Dewdrop) are 18 x 18. Verna is getting a little hard to find. I bought it here.

VernaPiping
I added piping to the edges, because I'm crazy fancy like that. (Shh--I used this piping tutorial, and it was actually really easy. But it looks fancy, don't you think?)

Verna Back
For the back, I used a simple envelope closure.

See the quilted sham in the back? More on that soon.

Check out more Sew & Tell projects on Amy's blog!

21 comments:

Weatherbee ;) said...

Very cute! I would love to have these at my house!! :)

Claire said...

LOVELY! really like the piping.

i bought some cording to make my own piping for a project, but I haven't gotten around to it yet, b/c of the piping, so thanks for the note on where to find a tutorial.

Leah said...

These look great, and the piping is stunning. That's a good thing to know how to do! So now I have some more projects for you. :)

Tracey Jacobsen said...

it does look fancy! Great pillows. :)

Mary said...

I love the piping! Nice touch!

Jodi said...

The pillows are absolutely gorgeous, and the quilt, too! Did you get yourself a new walking foot yet? Just checking! Ha! It must be the mother/soon-to-be grandmother :-) in me!

The Bakers said...

So pretty! And you learned how to do piping just for me? I always knew you loved me best.

Robin said...

I love them all. and even though you say piping is easy, it looks hard to me. very impressive.

Kristie said...

A breath of fresh air, so pretty!

Larri said...

Beautiful and bright! I made pillows this week too, though not half as pretty as yours. Thanks for sharing. Happy Sewing! :o) Larri at Seams Inspired

Jessica Kelly said...

Very cute! I'll have to check out that piping tutorial, yours looks great and like it was difficult to achieve! Great finishes, I'm sure your friend will adore those pillows!

Alisa said...

very pretty! love the colors!

Stephanie said...

Those look amazing!

I'm so proud to know you.

Miri said...

Beautiful pillows! Great fabrics and well made-love the piping!

em's scrapbag said...

I love these fun pillows!!!

Twinfibers said...

great pillows! :)

ktquilts said...

Love it!! Perfect blend of colors and patterns!!!

Blessings,

KT

Petit Design Co. said...

These pillows are fantastic. Thanks for visiting my blog

Rene' said...

I love them! I still have quite a bit of Verna in my collection only because I bought so much. I'll have to give these pillows a try. Thanks for sharing!

Quiltstory said...

Beautiful! I want those pillows too! we would love if you came and linked up to our linky party at quiltstory.blogspot.com today. Thanks!

amylouwhosews said...

so gorgeous! I really love these pillows!