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Friday, September 18, 2015

A plus pillow

Welcome to finish it up Friday!

I need another pillow cover like I need another pincushion (hahaha!), but it turns out I needed a finish most of all!
This was a single block that I made at camp stitch a lot in Jacquie's slice and insert class back in 2013. I liked it enough to keep it, but I didn't have the energy to turn it into a full quilt. So, yesterday I added a border to make the block a little bit larger and I quilted it up. It makes a dandy pillow!
An envelope backing (in polka dots, of course!) was an easy way to finish it off. The black and white border print came from my friend Cheryl, who recently sent me a generous low volume scrap pack. (thanks Cheryl!) I love that my quilting friends that I met through the internet (and are now real life friends) are represented in this pillow. It's pretty special.
The strip of patchwork finishes at 7/8" and the text print finishes at about 1/2". I LOVE tiny pieces! The dense quilting, which was inspired by Jacquie, was a delight to work on. The small size of the piece made it easy to turn in the machine and it didn't take forever. The resulting texture is pretty wonderful!
Can you see the hidden A+? I thought that was a fun surprise! The pillow finishes at about 19" square. It's scrap project # 106.

Hurray for scraps...and finishes!

Now it's you turn to link up your finishes. Thank you for joining me each week for finish it up Friday!
finish it up Friday, 9/18/15
1. Bernie @ Needle and Foot  68. Debora @ Studio Dragonfly  
2. Heather @ Quilts Actually  69. Frankie carson  
3. My Imperfect Life  70. Ida@IdaRatherBeQuilting  
4. Eva-Bambi-Johansson  71. Yvonne @Quilting Jetgirl  
5. Lizzie Lenard Vintage Sewing  72. Kara@SunshineKwilts  
6. Mari @ The Academic Quilter  73. Kelly Cline Quilting  
7. The Inside Stori  74. Amanda @ Material Girl Quilts  
8. Arroyo Lizard  75. Amanda @ fabric engineer  
9. Droplets  76. Janeen@Quilt Art Designs  
10. alidiza  77. Maartje Quilts in amsterdam  
11. Janet @ Simply Pieced  78. STH  
12. maiden hair fern  79. AngelaA @ betterndogbiscuits fall leaves  
13. butternut street  80. Julie Bagamary Contemporary Saved Rem  
14. Black, white and red  81. JulieBagamary -Changing Seasons  
15. Alycia Quilts  82. Gemini Jen NZ tote bag  
16. Kate @ katiemaequilts  83. Tarnia-A Friday Finish  
17. Iris @crazydutchbirdquilts  84. Jessie Fincham  
18. Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation  85. Adrienne@Chezzetcook Quilts  
19. Brooke @ Silly Mama Quilts  86. Stephie | Dawn Chorus Studio  
20. Coin Purse  87. Linda in Calif.  
21. DIY Quilted Jacket  88. Mina@Kinda Quilty  
22. Kat & Cat Quilts  89. Barbara Gelpi  
23. Stacey@SLOstudio - Nautical Play quilt  90. Marla @ The Quilted Puzzle  
24. Liberty Quilt in France - Christine  91. tubakk, Norway  
25. Hexagon Park  92. Gravity Quilt Finished!  
26. Julie @ Pink Doxies  93. Patchwork and embroidery quilt  
27. Summer Dress by Jyothi  94. Katie and Dori  
28. Stoffbreite  95. Emma @A Hand Stitched Life  
29. Leanne @ Devoted Quilter  96. Free paper piecing patterns  
30. Jan O @ the Colorful Fabriholic  97. The Sun Rises  
31. Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs  98. Shelley @The Carpenters Daughter who Quilts  
32. Sew Me Something Good  99. Liz @ LizzyClipsDesign  
33. Heidi @ Buttons and Butterflies  100. Sherry in Texas  
34. Sew Crafty Jenn  101. Judy @ Sew Some Sunshine  
35. Rip and stitch  102. Modern Maples @ The Amateur Librarian  
36. Katy @ KatyQuilts  103. Jess @ Quilty Habit  
37. A Little Start on Christmas  104. Terri Faust Quilts  
38. Karen  105. Katie @ Good Golly Ginger  
39. Vintage Inspired Thanksgiving Apron  106. Julie @ That's Sew Julie  
40. Weekender @ Dresden Lane  107. Girls Christmas present - done  
41. Rita  108. Mary @ Fleur de Lis Quilts  
42. Quilting is more fun than Housework  109. Liz @ Handsewn Experiment  
43. Cindy@Live a Colorful Life  110. Quilts & Such  
44. Steffi @ just Quilts  111. Katelyn @singwhilecrafting  
45. Nancy@PugMomQuilts  112. Bus165  
46. Preeti @ Rambling Roses Design  113. Dhia @ Peach Patch Quilts  
47. kate  114. Fabric Color Value and Your Quilt  
48. Debbie @ A Quilter's Table  115. Sylvia  
49. Vicki @Sewing Softly  116. moniquesmess tapestry pillows  
50. Threading My Way Through  117. moniquesmess purple pillow  
51. Rosette 9  118. Fern  
52. Gina Alsop @ Alsop Stop  119. Adaliza  
53. Little island Quilting  120. Jennifer @ Glinda Quilts  
54. beth@lovelaughquilt  121. Sew Together Again  
55. Memoir Quilt  122. Gunilla in Sweden  
56. Kim @PersimonDreams  123. Marsha  
57. Colleen @ Piecemakerquilts  124. Erica@dressesandspurs  
58. Barbara  125. Janice@wedding gift  
59. Sandra @ mmm quilts  126. Stars and Sprigs  
60. Transparency Mini Quilt  127. Julie Benson-Grant  
61. A Baby Quilt for Donation  128. Another Baby Finish @ LoGoQuilts  
62. SewPsyched! Dottie Angel Frock Tutorial  129. Myintzu  
63. Lorna @ Sew Fresh Quilts  130. Quilts in the 'hood. . .  
64. Sue @ Quilting The Green Star  131. Autumn and Quilter's ADD  
65. Queen Postcard From Sweden  132. Jane in KS  
66. Button Letter Wall Art  133. Maria @ Tales of a Stitcher  
67. Brenda showing her true colors  134. Rachel@liketosew.blogspot.com  

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34 comments:

  1. This is a sweet finish. Great use of a pretty orphan block.

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  2. Great idea! I love your celadon background fabric with that splash of brights. So cute!

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  3. Hey Amanda,
    Just in case you didn't see it...one of my Good Neighbors projects was posted on Connecting Threads blog this week...so fun!! The link for my post is listed above.
    brooke@sillymamaquilts.com

    Have a great weekend!

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  4. I love how you know exactly how many scrap projects you have!!

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  5. I think this is your best pillow yet!

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  6. It DID make a dandy pillow! I like your use of the text print in the 'block' and awesome quilting as you finished it up.

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  7. Love everything about this pillow, especially the quilting.

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  8. This would make a fun teacher gift!

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  9. This is a lovely finish. What a great thing to make with scraps.

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  10. what a great pillow!!
    You're definitely an A+ :)
    XX!

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  11. Gorgeous pillow! I love the colors and the quilting has me going gaga!

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  12. What a great finish, I love the colours and the use of the text fabric is inspired. You are such a clever lady!

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  13. Now that is a CUTE pillow!!!! I love small pieces too.

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  14. Love your pillow! Green is my favorite color and the quilting is fabulous. Inspired!

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  15. This is a great finish, I love it!! The quilting is really awesome! Just right for this pillow!

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  16. I had two leftover blocks from a star quilt and tried making one into a pillow. It was too tiny so I have held off on doing the other one. Thank you for the obvious solution to add some sashing around the block to make it bigger!

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  17. Great pillow - nice texture too.

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  18. wow!!! This is one stunning pillow!!! I love it all, tiny scraps, text, bright colors, and that quilting, of course. Such a beauty.

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  19. Beautiful quilting

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  20. What a nice pillow with wonderful quilting.

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  21. Love it and loooooooooove the quilting. I'm #100 this time!
    I love visiting you on my Friday nights. And this time I had something to link.
    I'd love you to come over to my Fabulous Fall Link The Linky Party.
    The party runs every week. Come over and link your Party!
    Hope you have a great party.

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  22. Wow those are some seriously tiny scraps in there! It looks amazing and I love the dense quilting, it's fun to do the sort of quilting that you just wouldn't do on a quilt because getting it all through the machine would be too insane on smaller pieces isn't it - and I love your hidden A!

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  23. I love the dense quilting too. It's worth slowing down and using the presser foot as a guide to get those lines sewn. The hidden A is awesome.

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  24. I love the quilting that you've done here and I just have to ask...did you measure and mark your lines? It's beautiful!

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  25. Really love the quilting especially the way you've used continuous lines - it looks great and saves having loads of thread ends to hide☺ Did you do it all by eye or use a guide?

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  26. That's a stunning finish, love the colours, design layout and quilting too ... I'd be happy to home it if you really have too many covers! lol

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  27. This is an awesome pillow!!! Love the colour scheme.

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  28. Very pretty! Love the quilting

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  29. Love how the text print looks when used in skinny strips. I think you subconsciously made the A. Clever of you to find it afterwards though.

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  30. Love the quilting for this sweet pillow! And the yellow and red text print is really wonderful.

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  31. I emailed as I am a Margaret re the table runner pattern but think since it was a no reply blogger email address so trying again so see if it was me not to worry if it isn`t as I think I can work out myself how to do it.

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  32. Oh my goodness, love it-love the quilting.

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