quilting

Tiny Tree Pillow

December 16, 2019

I made a Tiny Tree pillow with my little tree from the Temecula Quilt Company Tiny Tree sew along. Eleven little blocks, 2-3/4″ (unfinished), sewn into a cute little tree. Here’s how it looked before I made it into a pillow.

Tiny Tree Pillow - The Tiny Tree top before I added the additional border strips - piecefulthoughts.com

I added some additional background strips to make it 18.5″, basted it to a scrap piece of batting, and quilted it using Aurifil Spring Green (#1231). Here’s a peek at the back so you can see how I quilted the tree.

Tiny Tree Pillow - A peek at the quilting detail from the back - piecefulthoughts.com

And the view from the front.

Tiny Tree Pillow - Quilting detail on the tree using Aurifil Spring Green thread (#1231) - piecefulthoughts.com

After the tree and trunk were finished, I outlined the tree with straight stitches using Aurifil white (#2024) and my walking foot. Of course, I forgot to take a photo of that while I was working on it. Maybe you can see it from this angle on the finished pillow.

Tiny Tree Pillow - Detail photo of the quilting around the tree, using Aurifil white thread - piecefulthoughts.com

My tree top didn’t come to a point, so for a fun little pop of color, I added a button from my grandmother’s button box.

Tiny Tree Pillow - I made a pillow with the Tiny Tree, a sew along by Temecula Quilt Company - piecefulthoughts.com

I used the background fabric to make an envelope back for the pillow. I used my favorite pillow insert from IKEA, my last one, so I foresee an IKEA run soon! It is a 20″ pillow insert and I use for 18″ pillows. The key is not to fluff the pillow until you have it fully inserted. It fills out the pillow so nicely. This nifty tip came from Tracie over at Riceford Streams.

Nestled together with my Holiday Pillow, I think it looks pretty festive, don’t you?

Tiny Tree Pillow - My two holiday pillows, Missing Link pattern from Issue 31 of Make Modern magazine (left) and Tiny Tree pattern by Temecula Quilt Company - piecefulthoughts.com

What’s Up Next?

Christmas is almost here – do you have all of your projects finished? I have had so much fun just playing in my quilt room this month. My next project I hope to finish is this quilt.

Tiny Tree Pillow - My next project, quilting Fractured Triangles, a pattern by Carole Lyles Shaw - piecefulthoughts.com

I was delighted to test this pattern for Carole Lyles Shaw, and she will be releasing this pattern in her shop this week. Watch for it! This is a great pattern if you’ve always wanted to try improv, but want a little guidance. It will allow you to play a little while still using some traditional quilting skills. I hope you visit Carole’s blog for more information. I’ll catch you up on my progress as I work on this.

Happy Monday, my friends! My daughter is coming home tomorrow (yippee!) so we’ll see how much quilting I get done this week! The decorating still needs to be done – she wanted me to wait so she could help, and I’m all for that!

Wendy

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