Patriotic Pillow Sham

Gearing up for the 4th of July, just finished this Patriotic Pillow Sham.  A little Red & White work, Kona white with red thread.  The detail of the design and stitches really is quite spectacular on this pillow, I really like how this one quilts up. 

This is available in my esty shop and it fits a standard pillow size.  Have a wonderful day! Michelle

Fall Quilted Pillows

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Linking up with Courtney-Feather your nest

Fall, a wonderful season to sew!  I have five different fabrics I've used to make some quilted pillows up, they take a 16" pillow form .  I love to change my decor for each season, pillow decorating is one of them.

There are so many fantastic fabrics to choose from, it's hard to limit myself, anyone else have that problem.

Hugs, Michelle

Pink Saturday

Pink Saturday-I'm linking up with Beverly today, stop over and see all the pretty pinks. http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog

A quilted, cross hatched, pillow for the family room for spring/summer.

Another lovely Kaffe Fassett fabric used on this pillow, my spring/summer family room is going to be all about color, woo hoo! 

This rose was such a delicate soft pink, so sweet!

Can one ever tire of looking at roses, I think not.

Have a wonderful day.  The birds are singing here, the sun is shining and I have to get out in the garden. :)  Hugs, Michelle

New finishes-patriotic pillow, 2 quilts

Finishes for last week include, a patriotic pillow [given to a Major at work who is deploying to Afg.) {my version of "red work"}, a quilt for my neice for Christmas {yes I'm starting early} using my left over scraps from a churn dash I'm working on, and a quilt for charity {my first attempt at a "gees bends" style.

On the Edge Pillowcase crochet along

Look at this, I'm loving these beautiful pillowcases with crocheted edged borders.  Cassie from You go girl  has made a magnificent tutorial on these, http://www.yougogirl.typepad.com/  stop on over, she has a button and photos and oh, its just wonderfull, she did a great job.  Inspiration and assitance Beata from http://rosehip.typepad.com/ , stop on over there too, you will be delighted (photos in these posts from these two sights, until I make some of my own). She also sells these in her etsy shop  http://www.etsy.com/people/rosehip/favorites?ref=em , so if you want some instant joy, just stop over and buy some right away.   The crohet along is done...but you can still look over the tutorial and crochet  on your own, that's what I plan to do.  I am just crazy over this, I see borders on quilts, table runners, aprons, etc.  I'm so excited, I don't have time right now, but look for my results in the future when things slow down, I plan on making some of these. 

Sweet Dreams

I decided last night that I needed a little lift...so I made a couple of pillow cases...love them, so quick and easy and I feel spoiled sinking down into something so beautiful (the green are for me), then I thought my precious daughter needed some for her georgeous face to rest upon, hence pink ones too. I slept very well, and her she hardly needs beauty sleep but it must work for youth!

Patriotic Pillow Sham

My "red work", quilted this eagle pillow sham from a new set of patterns from One Song Needle Arts. I'll put the "flag" wall hanging in the next post up, couldn't wait to sew the sham together or get the flagged with binding on it, I was too excited.

Patriotic Eagle Pillow Sham

I quilted up this pillow sham in a home decor fabric top and cotton fabric inside. It is a beautiful decor pillow and I think I will try a few other color variations. I have it listed on my etsy site for sale.