Matching with the quilt I finished this summer (look here) I made a pillow case. One side I already quilted as a test piece in summer, when looking for the right quilting pattern.
I decided against this pattern as it hasn't been boyish enough. In fact the words of my son had been "what are those wonky flowers?" :-)
I think the pattern is nice, but maybe not for a boy. Also I had to concentrate very hard on it to not get lost in the spirals, so for the blanket I am happy I chose another pattern.
For the second side of the pillow I pieced something similar to the quilt top with scraps of it.
I wanted to try out parallel lines. I once saw a quilt only quilted with straight lines and I liked the simple look. But again (and a bit expected) I realised that this is only possible to do proper with a walking food. I don't have one and it's not possible to fix one to my very old machine. But I love my machine and will never change it for a new one - so whenever I feel again like quilting straight, I will borrow the machine of a friend (she will know of which friend I am talking when reading this ;-))
Anyway, the zig-zag effect caused by pulling the fabric with the quilting slightly to one side and the other, has also some charm.
The piping (?right word?) for the edges of the pillow I made the first time myself, what is much easier than I thought.
Below the pillow is closed with a zipper.
The finished size is about 55x55cm.
As my son left his quilt always on our sofa, the pillow has a place there too and so I can enjoy it every day now :-)
A bientôt,
Jane
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