16 January 2011

Thuy's birthday


I sewed a pillow for my friend Thuy for her birthday. It's not quite her birthday yet, but today was the best chance for my son to giver her the birthday present. She loves red, and I've been feeling renewed interest in the porthole technique. The pillow is 16x16 (maybe a bit smaller--the pillow form fits in very snugly). with a foliage print base and a circle patchwork of reds in floral, solid and geometric patterns.

I used Erin's (House on Hill Road) zipper technique for the third time (hurray!) and her piping technique for the second time (still struggling).


The finished size of the red squares is 1 1/2", and the porthole diameter is about 10". I love the square patchwork circumscribed by the foreground porthole. More portholes to come in the near future.
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10 comments:

  1. RosaMaríaJanuary 17, 2011 at 5:15 AM

    such beautiful pillow Dan!! your friend will be so happy with her gift!

    Love the red patchwork and the floral fabric (wich fabric is that?)

    I would love try the porthole technique!

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  2. Peter LappinJanuary 17, 2011 at 7:44 AM

    Beautiful, Dan!

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  3. UnknownJanuary 18, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    Hi, stopping by from Quiltstory:) I love the colors you used for this. I have never attempted to quilt and have only heard how incredibly hard it is..so hats off! I hope your friend really enjoys it!

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  4. EmilyJanuary 18, 2011 at 10:28 PM

    Lovely! This pillow is great!

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  5. Naturally CarolJanuary 18, 2011 at 11:58 PM

    Surprised and delighted to find a 'Dan' here not a 'Daniella'...beautiful work and colours! I'm impressed and not because you are a bloke...I'm just impressed!

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  6. Naturally CarolJanuary 18, 2011 at 11:59 PM

    I'm probably not very Politically Correct (PC) either...lol!

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  7. Lynne (Lily's Quilts)January 19, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    Wow I'm not quite sure where you suddenly popped up from but I love pretty much everything in your photostream and this pillow is genius.

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  8. QuiltstoryJanuary 22, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    You don't look like you're struggling on the piping to me!! Really turned out fabulous...your piecing is great!

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 23, 2011 at 5:17 AM

    That's gorgeous! I love red and white!

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Dan, I just found your blog today through MPB and although I don't quilt, I would like to try it some day.

    For someone who hasn't been quilting for long, damn your stuff looks great! Am going to make your blog a regular stop on my daily reading route.

    Cheers!

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