more pillows...

This is the latest new pillow for the living room.

There's something very satisfying about taking my favorite scraps of fabric and making something useful.

For this 20 inch square pillow I cut 16 -- 5 1/2 inch squares,

joined them using 1/4 inch seams,

used a piece of white linen for the back,

and added a zipper.

Had I been thinking ahead, I should have added 1/2 inch along the edges of the squares that would be sewn to the zipper

but,

I don't think you can notice...

I love feather/down pillows, so for most cushions I make, I take an inexpensive feather & down bed pillow {which is about 19 - 20 inches wide x whatever length},

draw a line across the pillow about 20 inches down from the short, 20-inch side,

shake all the feathers down to the part of the pillow that I will be using,

and sew across the marked line.

Then I cut off the excess fabric from the unneeded pillow end,

leaving a 20" by 20" square feather cushion.

Here are two other pillows that I made before Christmas

for the leather chairs...

I bought too much of this fabric way back when, so this was a great way to use some up.

The goal is to get one more patchwork done before Spring;

we'll see....