Red Snowball Pillow

 National Quilting Day was March 15th.

I joined fellow quilters gathered together for a day of sewing and a delicious pot luck lunch. 

This red and white snowball pillow was my sewing project for the day.

(It was finished over the next few days at home.)

There were four extra blocks that landed on the back of the pillow.

 This pillow has a zipper on one side.

The 20.5" pillow was one of a pair of store purchased pillows that I wanted to change the coverings for.  I was surprised when I took it apart that there wasn't a pillow "form" inside.  Just the stuffing, that was holding itself together well enough that I could make a form cover for the stuffing before stuffing it into its new outer covering.

The second pillow will probably be next years project.  

Hashtag Quilt

 Red and White Hashtag Quilt

In an effort to continue to use fabrics from my stash, it was time for a red and white quilt.  The pattern is Hashtag by Cluck Cluck Sew.

I always think a quilt will use up some stash, but it seems it really doesn't use up much at all.

However, I did get through several small pieces of whites and off whites to tidy up that stash drawer a bit.

  As I was sewing the many squares and rectangles together, I did a double glance at one of the white fabrics.  I realized I did NOT mean to cut that piece up... well, too late now.

The surprise in this quilt is that some of the small white fabric pieces glow-in-the-dark when the lights are turned off!

Actually, it's kind of a fun surprise.

This throw quilt measures 58" X 72.5"