Cosmos Pillow

I've had these fabrics sitting out on my sewing desk waiting for them to be sewn into something fun! Laura Gunn was kind enough to send me some charms of her pretty new line of fabric called Cosmos. I always like to use this as an opportunity to try something new and see what I can make out of them. But it is a little intimidating... I don't want to mess it up since I won't have a chance to re-cut anything.
Laura's collection has twenty patterned fabrics and ten textures called Painter's Canvas. The colors are bright and cheerful... just what I like. I think the fabric designs will be very versatile... from home decor projects to tote bags to quilts! You can see all of the fabrics in the collection here.

Our washing machine broke this past weekend, so while my husband was taking it apart and trying to fix it, I spend quite a bit of time sewing and piecing together this pillow top. I thought that creating something a little more modern and artistic would work well with these fabrics and push me out of my comfort zone.

It just happens that the pillow blends in really well with the pillows already on my couch and I love how it's turned out! yay!

An extra piece of linen became the backing... I even kept the selvage edge that has a couple of red threads running through it.

While constructing the blocks, I cut them all into three pieces and exchanged the centers to mix them up.

After they were all sewn back together, I cut them into three pieces again and exchanged the centers. I ended up with nine-patch blocks that were all composed a little off center. I used 25 of the blocks to make a pillow cover that's about 18" square.
Happy Sewing!
~Jessica

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