Stitched Pillow with Reverie by Shell Rummel

Hello friends! I'm sharing a Stitched Block Pillow made with the beautiful Reverie fabric 

designed by Shell Rummel for FreeSpirit Fabrics. Shell uses a very soft tranquil palette that creates a mood of peacefulness. I added lots of hand stitching inspired by Sashiko style stitching. Find Reverie fabric at your local quilt store now. 

Reverie Stitched Block Pillow 

Fabric requirements: 

A  Reverie Lucky - Powder               PWSR037.Powder  1/4 yard (22.86cm)

B  Reverie Her Muse - Powder PWSR031.Powder  1/3 yard (30.45cm)

C.    Reverie     Lucky - Celadon         PWSR037.Celadon  5/8 yard (57.15cm)

D Reverie   Waiting for the Wind      PWTSR035.Powder  1/4 yard (22.86cm)

Additional Requirements:

100% Cotton Thread

16” x 16” (40.64 X 40.64cm) Pillow Form  

Cutting requirements:

Fabric A, cut:

(1) 11 1/2” x 3 1/2” (29.21 x 8.89cm)

Fabric B, cut:

(1) 11 1/2” x 9 1/2” (29.21 x 24.13cm)

Fabric C, cut:

(1) 5 1/2” x 12 1/2” (13.97 x 31.75cm)

(1) 5 1/2” x 4 1/2” (13.97 x 11.43cm)

(1) 16 1/2” x 16 1/2” 41.91 x 41.91cm) (pillow back)

Fabric D, cut:

(1) 11 1/2” x 4 1/2” (29.21 x 11.43cm) 

Sewing:

All seams allowances are ¼” (.64cm) and pieces are sewn right sides together.

1. Sew the 11 1/2” x 3 1/2” (29.21 x 8.89cm) Fabric A rectangle to 11 1/2” x 9 1/2” (29.21 x 24.13cm) Fabric B rectangle RST (right sides together) and press seam towards the darker fabric. 
2. Sew the piece from step 1 to the 5 1/2” x 12 1/2” (13.97 x 31.75cm) Fabric C rectangle RST and press seam towards darker fabric. 
3. Sew the 11 1/2” x 4 1/2” (29.21 x 11.43cm) Fabric D rectangle to the 5 1/2” x 4 1/2” (13.97 x 11.43cm) Fabric C rectangle RST and press seam towards darker fabric. 
4. Sew the above units together and press seam to one side. 
5. Optional: Add decorative stitching on your sewing machine or hand sew with Pearl Cotton Thread. 
6. Sew 16 1/2” x 16 1/2” (40.64 X 40.64cm) Fabric C square pillow back to above pieced pillow front leaving a 10” (25.4cm) opening. Clip corners and turn right side out. 
7. Add pillow form to pillow through opening and hand sew opening closed with a ladder stitch.

I tried to enhance the design of the fabric with my stitching. 

You could also use a colored thread for fun. 

This pillow is great for beginner sewers, if you can sew a straight line you can make a pillow! See more block pillows here. 

Click here for this Redwood Tote project I made with Shell's Reverie fabric. 

I hope you will check out Shell Rummel's web site to see what she's been up to! Shell has everything from fine art to bedding to fabric and it's all so beautiful! You are going to love her! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Richele

Yuletide Snowflake Pillow

Hello friends! Every year I add to my collection of holiday pillows so I decided to make one using the new FreeSpirit Yuletide fabrics designed by Tim Holtz. I'm smitten over this new Yuletide collection and I know you will be too. 

I'm in love with the simplicity of this pattern but you need to know I'm also a sucker for snowflakes! 

I found this wonderful pattern for a snowflake block by Amy Friend at During Quite Time. Amy's pattern has 3 different size snowflakes I used the 12" for my pillow. The pattern is paper pieced and easy to follow. It had been a long time since I had used this method so I hopped on line and watched a video. Easy peasy! 

I pieced all the sections following the numbers on the pattern. 

Once the sections were all pieced I sewed them together to create the snowflake.  I added a 2 1/4" strip all the way around the snowflake to accommodate my 16" pillow form. Tip: I like to size my block down about 1" for a snug fit. 

Next I created my own pipping with cording and a strip of fabric to go around the pillow. 

Sew the piping to the pillow front.

Create the pillow as desired. I used an overlapping back that you can insert the pillow through. You could also sew in a zipper.

 Insert the pillow and you have a beautiful pillow ready for the holidays. 

The FreeSpirit Yuletide fabrics by Tim Holtz will be available soon. Ask your local quilt shop when it will arrive. Click here if you'd like see the full line of Tim Holtz fabrics. 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Richele

A New Adventure - Weaving Fabric

Hello friends!!! As you know I love fabric and with Quilt Market coming up in May and I'm deep in sewing projects…right were I love to be. Sewing is my passion, it really sings to my heart and soul. The samples are being made with the new line of Tim Holtz Eclectic Elements fabric and is called "Correspondence". You can find it in stores now. 

I was looking on Instagram one day and came across some fascinating post from Tara Curtis aka T_JAYE on Instagram.  She is a Master of Modern Weaving so I went to her site and did some research. I bought a book and some weaving needles. I was ready to try my first project…. many weeks went by and finally I started my weaving. 

I drew lines on a piece thick foam core board at the angels specified. 

Using a Bias Strip Maker I made lots and lots of 1/2" strips. Did I say lots! 

Then I started weaving off a diagram in the book I had purchased. Here is the first layer. 

Then I wove the next layer. At this point I was thinking I sure hope this is right because there is no resemblance of a star yet. So I kept weaving on the leap of faith that it would all turn out the way I wanted. 

I started the third and final layer. Here is a view of the weaving in progress. The pink thing is the weaving needle that I purchased from Tara. I can't even imagine how you would do this without the weaving needle.  

You can start to see the star now. But at this point I decided that my fabric choices weren't that good. There was to much white space in my dark fabric. So back to the drawing board I went. 

I made more strips. 

I did a little trial run with some different fabric choices and I think this is going to be okay. 

I started again but this time I went back and looked at a video. So much easier to weave this way. The first layer was a piece of cake. 

The second layer was also pretty painless. All was good except for the little error I made in the middle of the piece, of corse it's in the middle. Right? After it was all fixed I was on to the next layer. I learned it's not a good idea to be distracting while weaving! lol

Now the third layer is complete. I really love the way the striped fabric added a new pattern to the piece. A happy accident! 

So worth all the work. 

After the piece was stabilized with iron on interfacing on the back and stay stitching around the outer edge. I trimmed the piece to size and sewed on the binding. 

I'm really excited how it turned out! It was well worth all the work and I can't wait to try another! 

To find out more about Modern Weaving head over to Tara's website, there is so much inspiration and information there! 

Thank you Tara for all the words of encouragement throughout the process.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Richele

Eclectic Elements Flower Pillow

Hello friends! Today I'd like to share a quick and easy pillow I made for Quilt Market several months ago using Eclectic Elements Fabric by Tim Holtz.  

The flowers (circle) are cut from the Sizzix Circles Framelits set. 

I cut several layers of circles and hand stitched an "X" in the center with embroidery floss to hold them in place.  

I added a few leaves and hand stitched them on with embroidery floss. 

Love the deconstructed look of the flowers. 

After the flowers were all created I sewed the pillow together added the pillow form and now its ready to enjoy. 

Enjoy your day!

Richele

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Frameworks and Eclectic Elements Fabric…Serendipitous!

Hi friends! 

Back when I was sewing for Quilt Market, Tim challenged me to create some projects using his Frameworks dies. Hummm! 

The result was serendipitous!

I started by testing a few combinations. 

Then this happened…serendipitous right? Look at how those bottle caps line up in the centers. WOW it was meant to be. 

I was off and running. I covered several pieces of Phoomph with fabric (available at Joann fabric stores). Phoomph is sort of like a soft fun foam that is sticky on both sides and it doesn't gum up your needle. It comes in several colors like white, black, pink, blue and is available in soft and stiff. I used black, soft Phoomph. Cover one side of the Phoomph with the Black Worn Croc Eclectic Elements fabric. Cut down the pieces to fit the die. Die cut several pieces with the Courtyard Frameworks die. Once the pieces are die cut peel off the backing on the Phoomph and line up the Top Shop Eclectic Elements Fabric (bottle caps) with the die cut pieces. You will need to play with the fabric to get it to line up. I used my tweezers to help manipulate the die cut pieces to fit. 

After you have all the pieces positioned together trim off the fabric hanging over the die cut. 

Here is a peek at the back side. 

Pin the piece to the backing fabric and sew down the center of the die cuts. 

I used a contrasting thread for the topstitching so it would enhance the design. 

Not only did I make the pillow, I also made this fun zipper pouch to hold important stuff! 

Even the lining  on the inside is fun. 

I hope you will try some fun projects with Eclectic Elements Fabric. 

I would love to hear about what you thinking of making? 

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by….

See you soon!

Richele

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