Hopefully you have recovered from the celebration and are ready to get started on all those quilts and projects you resolved to finish this year. I resolved to clean my sewing corner which I will now refer to as "my studio." This sounds so much better than "my corner of the basement." So, I cleaned it all up on Sunday and found some things that were missing, some inspiration, and lots of dust bunnies. Another resolution --I am not putting all that Christmas fabric away. That Christmas quilt is going to be high on the list so next year I can finally put it on the couch! Besides, the shop has all the holiday fabric on sale, another incentive to get going if I should need more fabric to complete the project. I found my flannel fat quarters, they are so soft, and the colors are great. While I was out walking off the quilters spread, I decided to make up a few throw pillows. First I straightened up the edges, cut off the selvage edges and cut the fabric in half crosswise and lengthwise. I had 7 fat quarters, enough for 3 big pillows and one neck roll. I mixed up the colors, sewed them back together into a rectangle, and trimmed the edges so all the pieces measured the same. Next, I put each piece onto a batting scrap and quilted along the seam lines, matched up two pieces, right sides together, stitched around the outside, leaving an opening and turned right side out. I stuffed them with that new cotton batting from the shop, slip stitch the opening closed and TA DA--some new reversible pillows for the couch. They are soft and cozy and really nice when watching television on the couch. I hope you will try your hand at sewing up some of your fat quarters for some fun pillows! Happy New Year!Carol
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