MY CAPSULE PILLOW

 Yea!! that's what I call it a capsule pillow , how does it look ?

I had two pieces of fabric  , and I put the two colors together and sewed lines 2 cm. and about 7-8 cm. apart at a tad apposite alternating angles, and then cut in between the seams  , and then cut down the middle .

And sewed them together  and this is what the result is ,it sort of looks like an accordion..

 

   I added a boarder and around them ,and added a larger piece to it and put it a zipper, I didn't really have a plan I saw the size and just whent with it ,but I did have a pillow in mind. I then had a tubular shape and decided to cut out two round pieces of  satin cream fabric which I have had for years , and sewed around the edges .





The circle that I had cut out was a tad large and cut it again,I also decided to line the  inside with the same fabric that I made the circles on the sides . I was working on this project for 5 day's a little at a time and I just love finishing a project ,don't you  ?? I have it now on my sofa and it looks nice with the other little pillows I got ,

  One of these days I will take a photo of all of them together ,I just love the mixture of different shapes, colors,and sizes.



The reason I love to make cushions and pillows is that with small amount of fabric ,with different combinations from my scraps you can make something that doesn't take to long to make ,and it's something that the whole family can enjoy while sitting on the sofa, I wish all of you Happy Sewing !!!

























MY BITS AND PIECES BECAME PILLOWS

This is the quilting that I decided to do after I was done. HOW does my hand quilting look?
I finally decided to finish the bits and pieces I thought the size is good for a couple of pillows I put a white boarder on one of them and strips of pink and yellow one the second one. I picked a pink backing and made a overlap just because its the easiest and most practicall. for me I remeber when I was a little girl my mom always made pillows and for the sofas and she made the back the same way .

This is just the inside of the pillow. after that I decided to qult it but I forgot the photo. enywho


now this photo should have been placed before , just a minor detail.

below is the finished product this is the second one and I stiched the edge by hand after machine stiching , and I put some strips of pick and yellow I am quite happy with the result ,even more happier that I finished!!!!! and I am happy that I finally learned how to load more than one photo at a time and then blogg between the lines duh!! One of these I will learn how to load them in order I took these photos before my computer got the virus right now I am using my sons computer its a sunday morning, I am sure they won't be up for atleast another hour.

It looks a little puffy but it will flatten out soon when used.

The needlepoint patchwork cushion

hello today is a nice sunny day , I worked on a needlepoint /patchwork/cushion I don't know what to call them, I played around with the colors of fabrics that complement the piece just very simple log cabin strips , pinkish with a biege ribbon and a kinda burgundy shiney fabric that I had in my stash , I have a large stash of bit and pieces of fabric all of my friends and costumers know that I quilt so they bring me all of there scraps, I use them every way I can. this is the result of playing around and testing various colors, I am not very bold in choosing I like things to be cordinating at all times, recently I have been visiting tons , I means tons of blogs ,sites and I really got inspired by the beautifull and creative things that people make , I say people because I fond out that not only women quilt. I should know that ,and shouldn't have been surprised for back when not so many people were quilting ,I mean very few ,in the very early eighties specifically in 1982 I was pregnat with my first son I wanted to make a quilt for my baby I didn't want a store bought one, I visited a singer store to look into buying a sewing machine since I always sewed as a girl at home and I left the sewing machine at home with my mom, as I was looking around a gentleman asked me if I needed eny help, and on the table I noticed a mat and a rotary cutter which I had never seen before and he showed me how it works with some small pieces of fabric he had on hand and he showed me a folder with photos of all his quilts and he explained to me that they are from shows that he takes place in and the prizes that he had received ,I remember him so well I hope I run into his blog one of these days. So that is why I should'nt be surprised. I now forgot how I started blabbling oh yeah! about how I like it simple and the insperation and stimulation I have recieved from visiting blogs , I am envious of the more liberated quilters in a good way always , since then I said to my self think crazy theodora, and I started some crazy blocks and I will post them soon . thank you to enyone who took the time to read and see you soon in blog world ....theodora