My Sweet Tea & Sashiko Stitches Pillow is Finished!

My Jolly Bar Bakewell Pillow Cover is finished!

For the quilting, I did hand stitched Sashiko stitching.

I made this pillow with extra blocks from my 

Sweet Tea Jolly Bar Bakewell Quilt

I could not have done this stitching without this ...

Clover Adjustable Ring Thimble with Plate 

@ Fat Quarter Shop

You place it overt your thimble finger with the plate on your palm and 

push the long needle through the fabric

and then pull the needle and smooth the stitches.

More info on my method and tools may be found Here.
I stitched straight lines for the borders in these matching thread colors.

For the center, I let my quilty muse decide and I did some free form improv stitching.
I did not mark these motifs or the straight lines. 

I wanted to make this as a cover for the winter season pillow on the upper left
which has red and green snowmen on the front.
The pillow measured 20" so my Bakewell blocks  needed a narrow outer border
to make it large enough for the pillow up-cycle.

I machine sewed the background border strips around the center
to make a nice clean and crisp frame.

For the back of the pillow cover, I made and envelope back with snap closures
from extra Sweet Tea fabrics.

I bound this pillow with a navy heart print from Bonnie & Camille
that was in my stash.

I am very happy with this project!

I plan to do more Sashiko quilting on future projects.


Do your do large stitch quilting?
I would love to hear what thread and method you use.
I love to learn new quilty things ... :) 

Happy Stitching!

Sashiko Hand Quilting

I am trying my hands on something new  ... 

Sashiko Hand Quilting 

I am stitching large stitch hand quilting on this quilty project.

I have always wanted to do this type of hand quilting,

but could not make it work with my achy hands.

Finding the right tools and materials and method has made all the difference. 

I am very pleased with how this is working up.

For my thimble, I am using a

Clover Adjustable Ring Thimble with Plate 

@ Fat Quarter Shop

which is now in stock after my customer request.

I have never found a more comfortable and useful thimble

and it is so inexpensive I can buy several so I can always find one

when I need it.

The long needle I am using is from a tube of

Tulip Assorted Long Sashiko Needles @ Fat QuarterShop

I like the long needle because I can take multiple stitches and also align needle 

on the line of my previous stitches to keep them straight.

My choice of Sashiko Thread for this project is

 Indigo Blue Hidamari Sashiko @ Fat Quarter Shop

I am adding other colors to this project from my box of threads.

I hope to have this finished project ready to show you on my blog in February.

Happy Stitching!