more sewing

I mentioned in my post last week that I wanted to try a few new projects... so the next day, I DID.  This checkbook cover was really quick and easy.  I just used scraps from my quilt, and a little bit of some fun Marimekko fabric I got in Chicago.  Check it out:

I also worked on some pillows for Mary's house.  She has pillows that came with her couches that she wanted to cover.  She picked up fabric from IKEA and Joann and I made these:

Please excuse the one on the right.  It is not stuffed.

Great job picking the colors that go fabulously with my house!  Too bad I don't get to keep these.  They are twenty inch pillows with one type of fabric on each side, and an eighteen inch hidden zipper.  I chose a large zipper to make it super easy to stuff with existing pillows which have a cord trim on the edges.

omg. pom-poms.

I was able to use the leftover fabric to make a fun little 12 inch pillow with pom-pom trim.  Cute!

2 legit 2 quilt

Yes, quilt.  It is complete!  Great size for a first effort.  I think I will definitely be trying this again, and eventually going for a full sized version.
The longest parts were the very beginning and the very end.  Cutting the fabric pieces (so many of them!) and hand-finishing the binding.  The rest of it came together pretty quickly.

final measurement appx 35" x 30"

the binding

modeling with the back of the quilt

I finished painting the downstairs bathroom, and one wall of the downstairs office.  More painting & organizing, then some more sewing projects like this and this.