A Quest!

I have been on a quest for quite awhile to cover some boring gray pillows I have for my couch with something much prettier.  Earlier pillow covers I made were just a little too big, so I ended up buying pillow forms for them.  This time, I was successful with my finish!

Also, awhile back, I decided I wanted to try some English Paper Piecing.  Except for quilt bindings, I don't do a lot of hand stitching, but it was fun just to experiment with some hexies this way.  I used up the last of the leftover Color Me Happy charm squares from my Charm Park Cherry quilt to sew together three hexi flower shapes and then appliqued them to a fun gray and white background that I found in my stash.

I've also been trying to use up scrap pieces of batting that I have, so I zigzagged together three smaller pieces for this project.  

Besides the stitching on the hexies, I also echo quilted around them a little.  That seemed like enough quilting for a project this size.  All in all, "Color me Happy" with this finish!

To continue another scrappy project I have in the works, last night I made Block 2 of the Fresh Spools paper-pieced blocks that Faith of Fresh Lemons is sharing on her blog.  This time, I went with yellow for my spool fabric.  It seemed like a good contrast for the muted blues of the first block.  It will be fun to see how this little project grows as it moves along!