Simply Scraps

Another reason I love the Lil Twister tool- in addition to those easy to make pinwheels I get these awesome little square scraps too!  Though it does require me to be super careful when cutting the pinwheels so these squares make it through without any extra snips (not an easy task since I only have one rotary cutter, and it is not a small one).  

 

 

These fabrics were just too fun to toss straight into the scrap bin, so with a little piecing...

 

the addition of a border...

and a little quilting...

 

I soon had a bright, cheerful little pillow top!  As much as I love this fabric, I will admit I had an ulterior motive for whipping this up last night- my serger was due to arrive today and I knew I would need a project so I could play with it right away :)  I used the serger (more on it in a later post) to finish off the seams for the pillow.  I like the look of a nicely stuffed pillow, but it often means I pop seams trying to get my pillow forms in and out of my covers, I'm hoping that the serged seams can hold up against my abuse.

 

I love this happy, summery pillow and smile every time I see it on the couch.  Our Florida winter wasn't too bad this year and we are expected to be back in the 80s this weekend- but even so this Florida Belle is ready for summer!  Perhaps if I decorate for the season it will bring on that warm weather a little faster? 

 

Going to try and link up to Finish It Up Friday over at CrazyMomQuilts (never linked to another blog before, anyone's guess if I can make this work).