Quilting in the Rain

I finally finished my pillow project! I’m really happy with how these turned out. It’s a fresh look for the new year. Here’s the other pillow:

And here’s how the back looks:
I’ve realized I love sewing pillow covers. They’re simple projects that you can finish in a few hours, and I love the satisfaction of finishing a project.

Unlike the “ravioli” pillows I made last week, I quilted these ones. You can kind of see the quilting in this photo. I did simple straight stitching. I think stippling would have been really cute too, but honestly, I was too lazy to switch my presser foot.
Ta-dah! Here’s the final look! Here they are all nice and fluffed out, picture perfect. *sigh* What a beauty.
…and here they are after a few minutes with my husband. :-} I need to let go and embrace the main purpose of pillows.
I guess you can say the pillows are well loved. 🙂 Luckily they puff back into shape after a couple fluffs.

If you’re thinking of doing a pillow cover project yourself, I recommend buying the pillows from Ikea. Both of the pillows above are 21″ square down pillows (hence the fluffiness) from Ikea and only cost ~$6 each.

Happy Sewing!

-Jera

So the proper name for this type of pillow cover is “flanged pillow”, but I think Ravioli fits the look better. 🙂 As mentioned in an earlier blog post, we got a new couch and therefore my new mission was to populate it with pillows. Well, here are the first two. These are the first ravioli pillows I’ve made and they’re quite easy! I got the idea from my local quilt shop in Ballard, The Quilting Loft. They had a sample pillow but made with a different colored fabric. I used the same backing fabric that was used with the pillow at the store.

The pillows above are 16″ square pillows. I have two more 21″ square pillows that I still need to make covers for. I want to make some kind of patchwork design for the next two pillows using the fabrics below, though I’m still thinking of the design.

Stay tuned for my next pillow creation. Also, I will be having a fabric giveaway in early February when my new Moda Bakeshop tutorial is posted, so stay tuned for that as well.

Happy Sewing!