Splendid Sampler Update - Blocks #16 - 27

This will surely not continue, but as of now, I am up to date with completed blocks. As the weather improves, I will certainly go into my seasonal summer slow down and this project will be one of the first impacted!

#16 - Pieces of Friendship

#17 - Family Stars

#18 - Lina's Gift

#19 - Measure Twice, Cut Once (I may have taken a short cut on this one!)

#20 - Nature's Walk (Payback for cheating on the last block!)

#21 - Sweet Candy

#22 - Goose on the Loose

#23 - Hand in Hand (Another new and fun technique!)

#24 Inspector Side Kick

#25 - Sunday Best (OK, so I got the template reverse backwards....)

#26 - Dreaming of Dresdens (more appliqué...)

 #27 - Sewing Machine (...even more applique!)

With very little exception all the fabric has come from my scrap bins.  Now that we are more than a quarter of the way completed, I think I am going to be a little more purposeful in color selections going forward.

Linking up with Lorna's Let's Bee Social Party!  Have you seen her raccoons?  I know I said this about the dogs, the giraffes, etc. but these are the cutest!!

Pillow Palooza Continues

The next room in line for some personalization is the family room.  It is a large, comfy room with a soft sectional, gas fireplace, pool table, piano and space to hang out.  I love this comfortable beige, neutral color room, perfect for adding pops of color and changing as the mood fits.  Right now I am into blues and blue/greens.  Navy blue, light blue, aqua, teal all make me happy.

The five pillows together:

To make the pillows a little sturdier (again, this is a high traffic spot) I went to Joann fabric to find home dec fabric for the backing.

I liked this fabric so much I decided to make a pillow out of it.

I dug into my quilt magazine collection for inspiration.  This pattern is by Maureen Cracknell and was published in Love Patchwork and Quilting Issue 8.

Not sure I love all the quilting on this but I do love all the fabric!

Not sure what provoked me to be so compulsive, but I did match the fabric on the back zipper fold.

This feather quilt is a pattern by Jo Avery in Love Patchwork and Quilting Issue 9.

So much fun to make and again the zipper fold match.  I guess I thought these pillows would work on either side if I did this.

This pillow was the recipient of a lot of IG love!  Just a bunch of HST's lined up to create the chevron effect.

Simple quilting seemed right here.

Lastly, I love this fabric so much I could not cut it up.

Just made a pillow, lightly quilted around some of the flowers and added piping.  This may be my favorite of the bunch.

After all these pillows, it's time to make a quilt!!  After I deal with the naked walls in the room I will share pictures of the entire space.

Happy Friday!  Linking up with Amanda Jean's finish it up Friday party!
Kathy