I made new pillows for our couch. Again. I think I might finally be happy with these. The last set I made were complex paper piece patterns that were fine enough, but I used a lot of beige linen and it just clashed with our dark grey couch.
This time I used the perfect dark grey linen that blends beautifully. Sometimes I forget how nice blending can be.
I used simple piecing and Kona solids and finished them with zippers. I am soooo over the overlap envelope closure for pillows. The flaps either don’t overlap enough and there is a gap at the back of the pillow OR they overlap too much and I risk ripping a seam to get the pillow in. The zippers really extended the time it took to make the pillows, but worth it.
I also ironed on woven fusible interfacing onto the fabric at the back of the pillows which makes for a nicer finish.
I quilted a sort of mod square/rectangle pattern. They are pretty mod looking, especially the one that looks like a row of lava lamps.
I really like them and so does the fam, so I may be able to relax with the pillow making for a few months.
weeknight quilting 