It’s been a long time without a post for us! Sorry for the break, but we’ve slowed things down a bit, and for now, I’m planning to only post when I’ve completed a project around our house. On that note, I’m happy to report that I’ve finally finished the pillows for our front porch swing! I’m so glad to have them in place while there is still some summer left to enjoy them – here they are:
I went with different fabrics on the front and back of the pillows so that I have 2 schemes to choose from, depending on my mood. Both options have a the same red floral fabric and a stripe (all the fabrics are from Williams and Sherrill, by the way). In the first option I pieced the stripe fabric for a pinwheel effect. I finished the pillows off today, so I plan to head to the swing after the kids’ bedtime tonight for a little relaxing. I hope you are finding time to relax this summer, too!
Tags: front porch, pillows
Love the pillows… and the rug! So glad you guys are posting again… I’ve missed you guys
Beautiful! So beautiful!!! Excellent craftsmanship. I am learning how to detail pillows in my Intermediate Sewing class. It is not easy.
The swing looks all ready to sit in style and have cocktails at night.
I love those pinwheel pillows! Did you just come up with that design or do you have a pattern? So cute!
Thanks, Sarah! I didn’t have a pattern, but I’ve seen this design before. I had to draw it out on a piece of paper and then cut the triangles apart to figure out how to layout my design on the fabric. In the end, it’s an easy pattern
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Rachel
I wish my wife had used colors as you used. She always choose brown, gray or cream-like colors for decoration. I appreciate when pillows are designed also with some red, blue like yours. Nice flower on the pillow as well