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October 3, 2011

Quilted Birthday Pillows

This year, all of Amelia's and Zeke's little friends got birthday pillows with their name and ages on it.

Since they all have quilts and bags, this was the next logical step.

These two were for Dalia and Annaliese (um, obviously).
Annaliese 1.0

Dalia 4.0

I love the straight line quilting on Dalia's. The texture is perfect. Her favorite color has always been orange, but I think it's moving more to blue these days...it was fun to mix up the two. It's actually my favourite color combo lately.

With Annaliese, I wanted to keep it a little softer and girlier. She's still little and the simple free motion quilting I think worked nicely. IF I would have been brave (need to work on this) I would have done some big flowers.

At any rate, I know the Mama's and Little girls will/do love these. At 20 by 20 they are the perfect size for little ones to cozy up with and read or listen to a book.

In other news, I leave for Utah in a few days.
My list is shrinking which makes me happy.
Can't wait to meet my online friends, make new ones and see my family!
I may blog while I'm there, I may not. If you want to stay up to date, you can check out my photos on Flickr, Instagram or Twitter!

9 comments:

  1. Woohoo! I am SLC-bound, too! See you there :)

    (and LOVE your pillows!)

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  2. I'm leaning on Dalia's pillow right now. She's insisted on having on the couch for her quiet time. I don't mind at all. It's beautiful. Have a great trip! Maybe we'll find time to get together when you get back. xo

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  3. The pillows are awesome! I love straight line quilting on a pillow, for sure, and I'm also pretty enamored with the orange/blue combo as of late. See you soon, Jen!

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  4. I would love to meet you while you're out here! I decided not to go to sewing summit due to having a nursing baby.. and trust me that was very difficult choice to make. But totally let me know! I still want to mingle with all of the cool kids.

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  5. beautiful! loving blue and orange right now as well

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  6. The pillows are very cute. I was wanting to do something like this but on a bigger pillow.

    Right now, though, my daughter's favorite color is brown. I just don't have a lot of brown in the stash!

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  7. Cute! I'm loving aqua and orange right now. In face I bought a whole stack of it at Pine Needles!

    So fun meeting you in person! you are delightful!!

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  8. Yes, I can attest that both mama and Annaliese love her pillow!! Having things like that and her quilt around make my home look like a place that a beautiful little spirit dwells.

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  9. Those are wonderful- What lucky friends your kids (and you) have!

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