pillow for a friend

Remember that lovely lady that I told you about earlier... the one that brought me all those 100+ Kaffe prints cut into precisely the right size for a quilt pattern?

I finally found the perfect way to thank her (and give her a big surprise as well)...

A modified Bento Box pillow with - you guessed it - more Kaffe fabrics! And a big wavy sunflower quilted all over the top, because who doesn't like sunflowers??

Glad you liked it, Sharon! I hope you've found a spot for it in your home :)

Note: I've used this pattern many times before and credit for the design goes to filminthefridge and Give It a Go.

summer pillow love

My mom is here visiting for a couple of days (Happy Mother's Day to us!) so I've been busy shopping and cooking with her - yeah! (I made my best cherry pie yet on Monday, Aunt Mimi.)
But I did manage to finish this Quartered Squares/Modified Bento box summery pillow (tutorial for this block at film in the fridge.) The idea of making a pillow from this block came from Give it a Go, and the concentric squares quilting idea came from RedPepperQuilts. Lots of thanks to all those ladies for inspiration!

I had a bit of difficulty with the quilting on the first attempt - I decided to just "eyeball it" rather than re-read Rita's post and figure out how to do the marking... DISASTER. Had to rip everything out, find the post, read the post, and mark all the quilt lines. And now woo-hoo, I'm very happy with the way it turned out!

I added some zippy red polka dots for the back and a zipper - I love zippers on pillows - and now she's all ready for summer.

Made this sweet little bag for mom today. Have you made any of these Snap Happy bags yet? They are so fast, so easy, and so darn cute!! With two fat quarters, a few 3" square scraps, and a metal measuring tape from the dollar store you can have three different sized little pouches for makeup, sewing supplies, iPod, cell phone, whatever. I think my 12 year old daughter is scheming to make a boat-load of these for Christmas gifts this year :)

I can't stop thinking about the cherry pie sitting in the kitchen. Is is wrong to eat cherry pie BEFORE dinner?