Pillow Talk Swap – all wrapped up!

I don’t do too many swaps anymore where I actually make things for other people.  I wish I could, but I just don’t have the time and can’t over commit.  But when I found out that there was IG edition of the Pillow Talk Swap (a perennial favorite from Flickr days), I decided to hop in and do a little swapping.

My pillow has now been received and I have received my own, so I can finally share!

I got Kelly aka Scrap Studio, who was freaking running the whole thing as my partner.  No pressure there.  lol  Thankfully, her favorite colors are some of my own, so I got to work in my happy place.

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It took me a long time to decide on a pattern for her.  But she had a couple of definitely requirements for her pillow that I wanted to do.  Mainly that it be a rectangular pillow…which already sets your mind to designing because not every design we do in quilting is particularly effective in rectangular form.

But I decided to look at it as a way to guide my choice, not a limitation.  Knowing that Kelly really appreciates traditional designs as well, I finally chose the class Flying Geese Block.  But I really wanted to make it fresh and modern.  It’s such a graphic shape that you can definitely do that.

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I immediately went to my happy aqua place for fabric scraps and also threw in a healthy dash of low volume fabrics from my scraps (which then promptly distracted me for a few days because I decided my scraps DESPERATELY needed to be gone through – I have some for sale that I will offer here soon if anyone is interested….GREAT scraps).

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I wanted to make it modern, so I also added in some solid fabric that would showcase some “ghost” quilting that I did in the flying geese pattern.  I really love how that turned out.  I used a thick thread in my machine and slowly sewed them.

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I added an invisible zipper on the end (second one in a month! score for practicing tricky skills!) and quilted in the ditch on the rest to showcase the pattern of the geese.

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I think Kelly really liked the pillow (thank goodness!) and she’s now trying to find the perfect spot for it in her house.

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And there was the fabulous pillows (yes two!) that I received from Samantha aka Aqua Paisley.  She actually designed the Nutcracker pillow and has the pattern for sale, so go get it!!  Trust me! It’s adorable.
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I ADORE them both and they traveled all the way from Australia to South Bend, IN.  How cool is that?! Thank you Samantha!!!
If this swap is run again, I encourage you to join.  It’s always been one of my favorites.  Pillows are just the perfect amount of project to swap…just enough work but not too much. 😉

By Angelapingel | Filed under My Projects

4 thoughts on “Pillow Talk Swap – all wrapped up!”

  3. Great flying geese pillow Angela! I love the idea of the solids with the "ghost" quilting! And your comment about being distracted for a few days because you realize that you need to straighten up: so funny cause I've been there! 😀 And that nutcracker is sooo cute!! And when things come from far away places, I think "You've traveled farther than I have!" 🙂 Have a great day!! Hugs, H

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