08 January 2010

Oh yeah, I almost forgot

For Christmas I made these. One for each boy. All the fabric was from my stash (yes, it's large). I used batting pieces I had from previous quilts and pieced them. I also tried out some new quilting techniques. Jack's has pebble quilting and it DOES take a lot of thread and a long time like everyone says. But it looks so cool and it's hard to mess up. I should have made the C and the J with darker fabric for more of a contrast, but whatever, it was a learning curve. Other than that I like how they turned out. And they all loved them on Christmas morning.


















10 comments:

Linnea said...

It appears that you've been rather busy. Beautiful pillows Leigh! Those boys are lucky to have such a wonderful mama :)

Angela Nash said...

I love those! And they look nice and squishy - perfect for snuggling up with.

Kristine Hanson said...

what a great idea!!! Good job mom!

Katie said...

Those are really cute. I like them all.

Tabitha said...

How are you so great??!! I will pay you to make some of those!

Lisa said...

Amazing. I love them!

Jamie said...

those turned out really well. Hopefully they'll look all crisp and clean for at least a few weeks. I can see Grant wiping his nose all over one.

Meg & Josh said...

You are so creative it makes me want to throw up! :) They are SOOOO cute!

Jessica said...

I love these! I especially love how they go together but are not identical. Kind of like brothers, I guess.

Riley Noehren said...

I've never done pebble quilting--are you constantly stopping and cutting the thread or what? I think the last time I quilted anything I stippled it and, as I said, that was the LAST time I quilted anything. Well done on the pillows.