I finished the quilting on the front of the 3 Baskets pillow and ... found the courage to unzip the quilted back and slice through the batting and backing. I trimmed the batting, folded in the raw edge of the backing and stitched it to the zipper tape.In the detail photo, you can see 3 of Leah Day's designs from her free motion quilting project: loose weave (on the basket), sea oats (in green, masquerading as vines for the yet-to-be-added yo-yo "flowers," and bed of roses in the background.
I probably could have finished the back of the zipper application more neatly/evenly, but it works . . . and I rationalized that no one except me (and now, you) will ever see the inside of the pillow and my wavy edge.
After this photo was taken, I added more filler-quilting to continue the quilting to the zipper.
I had a little brainstorm today about a project that won't need too many yellow scraps for the Rainbow Challenge, so I'm anxious to finish up this pillow and move on.
Your quilting is really nice, and the quilted greenery in your baskets is a great idea. This is a clever way to show off your blocks
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ReplyDeleteThis little project idea has taken on a mind of it's own. My initial intention was to make a quilty cover for a funky little lumbar pillow that I purchased at a truck stop when driving that uHaul truck from Michigan to Texas. I held onto it for a while for sentimental reasons, then the cats have adopted it as their own--dainty Grace curls up on top of it, hunky Johnny wraps himself around it like a kitty sized body pillow.
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