Monday was my birthday. I have left my 20’s behind, and now I’m 30. I’m not really sure how old I feel. I suppose at a certain point I just stopped thinking about.
The best part about this birthday was that my friend, Kim, informed a bunch of people about my birthday, and so I received several birthday cards and fabric-related packages in the mail!! One of them was even someone “famous” (well, to me at least…). If I was explaining it to someone who didn’t sew, it would be like Julia Roberts sending you a birthday card. “Julia Roberts knows my name?? Julia Roberts knows my name!!” lol. That was a pretty unbelievable day, I was definitely on cloud 9!
I am so thankful for everyone that I’ve met through sewing and blogging. SERIOUSLY. Even though I haven’t met any of you in real life, I feel like many of you have become really good friends. My facebook is slowly filling up with people that I sincerely enjoy talking with, about the thing I love most to do! And anyone who sends me comments or reads my blog, I appreciate all of you, too! I don’t think I’ve ever really fit in with any group throughout my life, but I definitely feel like I do now!!
I know I haven’t been posting a ton of projects to the blog lately, but I’m really busy working on several tutorials, one of which I hope to finish up tonight (it is *so* cool, I can’t wait to show you!). And after this, I have to get working on my Christmas tree skirt. Busy, busy! If you sew, I know this is a busy time of year for you, too.
I needed a bit of a breather this week, so I whipped up this little pillow. I have the quilt pattern for Seville by Cluck Cluck Sew (available from Pink Chalk for $8 via instant download). Now, I’m sure we all have about a gazillion quilts on our to-do list, and this was on mine. The thought occurred to me the other day that I don’t necessarily have to make a full-sized version of every quilt I like, so I thought I would make a mini quilt. At first this was supposed to be a wall hanging, but it turned into a pillow!
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| Seville quilt pattern by Cluck Cluck Sew |
I just isolated one segment of the quilt, then chopped the corners off the block to make the hexagon shape. It’s a really easy quilt pattern, and very well written. I would definitely recommend it for a confident beginner. The fabric that I used is Circa 50 by Birch Fabrics, and I used gray Kona for the sashing.
The back of the pillow was just some randomly-placed strips from the scraps that I had left. I sewed it up and stuffed it with some fiber fill, hand sewed the opening of the pillow closed (I am so bad at hand sewing, I suppose I should make myself do it more often), and it was good to go!
Thanks for reading, and talk to you soon!!
Happy 30th birthday; may there be many more to come (birthdays not 30ths! tee-hee)
Happy Birthday!! Love the pillow – such a fun and unusual shape.
Happy Birthday! Cute cushion! 🙂
Happy birthday! Welcom to the 30-somethings. It’s such a great age to be.
And very cool cushion 🙂
Sara!!!! That is one super pillow! Glad to know you had a Happy Birthday!!!!! Love ya!!!!!!!
That is a super cute pillow! Very creative way to use that pattern. Happy birthday! For me 30 was when I started to lose track of how old I was. You know, people ask and you have to actually figure it out. lol.
Well Miss Sara it seems we share a birthday. I, however, didn’t turn 30…I’ll leave it at that.
Happy belated birthday!!!!!
Happy Birthday….the 30’s decade is a great one!! Awesome pillow, Love It!!!
Happy belated Birthday youngster!
Happy Birthday Sara! 🙂 I’m lovin’ the 30’s. I’m sure you will too!
Happy belated birthday!
Happy birthday (a little late)! Love the pillow. That’s one of my favorite patterns by Allison.
Belated happy birthday to you, belated happy birthday to you, belated happy birthday dear Sara, belated happy birthday to you :o)
Love the cushion too!
What a great little pillow! And a terrific idea for using a pattern you love without making a huge quilt. :o) Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday!!! I am in love with your pillow!!! I may have to try one (love that quilt pattern too!) hmmmm perhaps need to buy that!
have a great day!
Happy Birthday, Sara! I’m glad that you made it into the “front door” before I walk out the “back door”, so I may say, “Welcome to the 30s!” 😉 I’ve enjoyed my 30s to the fullest. It’s been a fun, active, healthful, and instructive decade for me, and I’m happily anticipating making the most of the 40s when they arrive in just under 10 months. 🙂 Bring it!
Your work is so spectacular. I just love all of the fabrics that you choose. The hex pillow is adorable, and the quilt is gorgeous!
What a fun pillow! Happy Birthday! Welcome to your 30s fellow November baby. 😀
I need to take your wise advice about not making everything big!! I am going to have more quilts than I can use in my lifetime if I don’t. Great pillow!!!
Happy birthday!! I hope your day was wonderful! (Very cute pillow too) : )