*Retro Pillow Challenge* Thank Heaven It's Done!

Oh my, it has been a crazy few days!  Do you ever plan a bunch of things in the future and then the future gets here and you realize all your plans were for the same time?!  Last week I realized that this is what I had done.  So if you have e-mailed me or are waiting for a follow back, from the blog hop,  I am slowly digging my way out of my in-box.

 I finally finished my retro pillow. I blogged about it here if you would like to see all the requirements. Nothing like finishing at the last minute!  Better almost late than never I suppose.

I have really enjoyed this challenge.  Mostly because it was a challenge.  I have never tried reverse applique nor have I ever done any machine quilting.  I had never even made a simple envelope opening for a pillow.  I did all of these on this one pillow.

I am not sure if I love reverse applique.  If can get my satin stitch down so I don't have to leave the edges raw I think I would love it.  For now they were left raw.

 The machine quilting adds to the funky vibe of the "retro" pillow.  I quilted in the brown and the red funky circles.

 The back is a simple envelope style close with vine stitching.

I like the way the final pillow turned out. It matches my brown leather couches great.  It is HUGE!  The requirements were for a 20x20 inch pillow.  I wanted this to recover my old couch pillows. I can stuff two of my old pillows in this one.

I have about 6 half finished pillows that didn't turn out.  I will be able to fix them I think.  They just didn't seem right for the challenge.  So some time in the future we may have a pillow week so I can show you all the pillows that didn't make the cut.

Thank you Rikka and Karen for inviting me into your challenge I had a lot of fun!

Voting for the Retro Pillow is now open.  If you like my Pillow I would love it if you took a minute to vote for it. 



Thanks for hangin' out.




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