Holiday Lane Pillow Blog Hop.....

Hi everyone,

Today is my day for the 

Holiday Lane Pillow Blog Hop!!!

I hope you like my pillow.

I had a lot of fun making this pillow.

It is very cute.

Now I need to make a matching quilt.

Thanks to these special ladies!!!

  Jill Finley from Jillily Studios, 

the designer of this pillow pattern

 AND

 Pauline from Quilt n Queen, 

the hostess for Holiday Lane

 AND

 Madame Samm from SewWeQuilt,

 the QUEEN OF BLOG HOPS

who comes up with amazing ideas and giveaways.

Don't forget to check out the other blogs on todays list.

Here they are:

Sunshine Reflections

Free Motion by the River

Sew Mollie Sue, Quilt Much?

I Like to Quilt Blog

Briarside Lane

Ariane's Quilts

Meadowbrook

Buzzing and Bumbling

Mice in the Mix

Kwilty Pleasures

Cherry Blossoms

Hugs

A pillow cover..

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a good day. I've been sick the last couple of days. I had a fever and a really bad head cold last night. Today, I am a bit better.....no fever, but now I have a dry cough. Ahhhh! I hate being sick. I did sew a pillow cover for one of my cushions today. I hope you like it.

Hugs

Ariane

I made a scrappy cushion cover!!

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a good day. I did a little bit of sewing today. I decided to make a cushion cover for one of the cushions I had on the couch. It was starting to fall apart so I thought that I would just make a cover for it and it would last that much longer. I used scraps and my new log cabin ruler that I bought a while back. I hadn't even tried it out yet. So, I decided that I would take this opportunity to use it. I made the front of the cushion then quilted it. I used some denim ends that I bought for $3/metre a couple of weeks ago, for the back. I really like the way it turned out.

I've also made a few more of my 9-patch blocks for the quilt along. I've been making them, one or two a day. I like that because I don't feel as pressured to get them all done at once.

I spent some time with the kids today. It was a really nice day outside. So we went out together and enjoyed the sunshine. Well, that's all for today.

Happy Stitching!!

Ariane :o)

Finished Quilted Pillow Cover

Hi everyone, I hope you had a good day. I had such a busy day at work today, I thought I was just going to crash on the couch when I got home. But when I arrived I started to work on the pillow cover I was doing hand applique and finished all the hand stitching. I couldn't stop there. So then I decided I would do some machine quilting with my new machine. So, I tried a few different things and worked until I had the pillow cover completed. I'm really happy with the results. It is my first time doing any applique. I'm going to give the pillow to my Mom. It has a rooster on it. My parents raise chickens for eggs. So they love chickens and roosters. I hope you like it. I like doing small projects like this. It took me three days from start to finish, and that's with working all three days. I will add this to the list of One Project a Month Challenge. It feel nice to finish more than one thing. I hope everyone is well.

Happy Stitching!!

Ariane :o)