In the fall, I made a custom pillow for a customer who gave it as a gift this Christmas. The recipient liked it so much and it matched the dust ruffle on her bed so nicely, that she asked me to make a coordinating pillow for her husband's birthday gift.
I have two handcarved linoleum blocks with the Celtic Eternity Knot/Ulbster Cross design. For the first pillow, I used the larger linoleum block. I used the smaller design for this pillow in the center of each of four Four Point quilt blocks. The finished blocks measured 8" so a grouping of 4 worked perfectly for a 16" pillow.
As with the first pillow, I used tan thread to quilt on the linen (freemotion quilting around each knot and otherwise straightline.) The quilting on the remainder of the pillow was done with a green variegated thread.
The beautiful afghan seen in these photos is not my work. I only wish I could knit like that! It was a wedding gift from my college roommate. Isn't it beautiful?
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This is really cool! Are the solid greens shot cottons?
ReplyDeleteLovely photo styling and the pillow turned out so well - I bet that's one happy customer! Did your roommate actually knit that? It is gorgeous - what a special gift!
ReplyDeleteAnother piece of art comming out from under your hands and sewing machine :) Perfect shots and perfect pillow.
ReplyDeleteIt turned out great!!! That blanket is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteBoth the cushions and the afghan are stunning, I love the set for the photos, very artful and stylish.
ReplyDeletePretty -- the pillow and the afghan both!
ReplyDeleteJust a lovely pillow, and some great styling in those photos!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! You should enter it in the Bloggers Pillow Party at Stitched in Color.http://www.stitchedincolor.com/
ReplyDeleteA very pretty pillow!! Love the photo styling too!
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