A Tale of 20 Fat Quarters(Plus 2 and a Backing and a Binding)Part Four orOver How Many Posts Can This Project Be Dragged orYou're Back For This AGAIN?!

Well, I guess you want to see what the backs look like, right?

There are so many ways to put a pillow together, the easiest is to cut a square the same size as the front, sew around leaving an opening for the pillow form and then hand sewing the opening closed.  It has it's drawbacks:  the hand-sewing for one (if you don't care for it) and the pillow is not as easy to remove as if you put a zipper there instead.  I mean, I would have no  problem picking out the sewing and re-doing it if I really needed to launder the pillow, but how often do people really launder these things anyway?

Another way is the way that Allison suggested in her post, make two sides to overlap, you have to hem the pieces, put them together and size them to the front, but then you just sew all around the pieces and stuff the pillow form in the opening.  All done.  The buttons to hold the opening closed are optional.  It is a little more work, not much, and you can always just pop the pillow form out and back in with no additional handwork.

I did both.  Why?  I was not offered choices.  The piece of zebra fabric I had was not big enough to cut, make hems and then overlap to leave the opening.  The rest of my scraps were not big enough to cover the back of the pillow all by themselves, so necessity being the mother of whatever it is, I had to make do and make up.  I totally love that I was able to center that forward facing zebra.  I didn't think it would make such an impact centered, but that zebra totally looks like he is gazing right atcha!   Either one of these pillows could be shown backside out, but the fronts are so cute, I can't imagine wanting to.

Why is it that you never see those stupid threads until your camera battery dies and you are so.over.taking.more.photos!

Closer-ups, you ask?  Here you go, stupid thread and all:

 

Oh, you must click to make them big (on my computer the big pictures are much better for some reason, always click here, always).  They are too cute!

Don't they look sweet with the quilt?

 

 

More photos?  Oh, Heck yeah! 

 

Prinna checks it out, because the old lady takes care of her Gillian.

 

The old woman approves.

Would you just look at the cute label I made?  More scrap usage!

So, whaddya think?  Am I finished with these scraps yet?  Do I have any left?  Well, yes I do.  Some with Wonder-Under and even more without.

Oh! The things I can do! The ideas that pop into my head! I am a woman obsessed, I have thought of a couple of things, but I have more than one kid and the others are starting to think I'll never do anything for them. I just cannot decide, keep? Chuck. Keep? Chuck.

KEEP! You might not have seen the last of these scraps yet.

One hundred eleven.  Or day THIRTEEN!  Seriously, I think I may need an intervention, I half expect to walk out of the sewing room into a gathering of my closest friends and family, there to force me to face my addiction.

Comments

[Paula]

I have loved all these black-and-white-and-red-all-over posts. Now you just need to knit Gillian a pair of socks from this yarn: http://www.yarn.com/webs-knitting-crochet-yarns-weight-sock/webs-knitting-yarns-lang-aktion/ (colour 272). I'm knitting a pair right now and they would match perfectly!

[pumpkinmama]

You are a scrap-using fantastic-sewing ROCK STAR.

[maregne]

You could be addicted to worse things. At least your habit is useful and beautiful, plus it will keep your family warm.

[Kim]

Terri, I love this quilt SO much that I'm thinking something like this could be Ashley and Brian's Christmas present. Of course it doesn't hurt that black and red is absolutely hands down one of my favorite color combinations. :)

[susan]

I vote KEEP, too.

[Maureen Areglado]

Keep those scraps...I absolutely love the pillows you made with them...the designs are incredible! You are one clever lady!

I would love to start a quilt but no longer have a sewing room or space to "just leave everything" as I work on it...a major drawback for me because I'm far too much of a "neatnik".

Maybe after the holidays...but that means putting knitting, reading, cooking, etc. on the back burner for a while. Too much fun things to do and never enough time!

[Manise]

Keep the scraps woman! I absolutely LOVE this quilt and whimsical pillows. And the label? Wonderful. Okay I'll shut up now..... :-)

[inglesidebelle]

Key question: will you use the scraps? Do they go with the other fabrics you generally use? (Oops, that was two questions, not one.) ;)

The applique pillows with the flowers and birds are tres chic. Go ahead and post more about this project by telling us how you did the applique. :)

[Allison]

LOVE IT! I love the way you matched the pillow scraps to the quilt, what a great idea! Thanks for sharing! -Allison

[Renee]

Keep. Always, always keep. :)