Sunday, January 8, 2012

Carson's Quillow

I finally remembered to take some pictures of Carson's quillow while Roger was here to hold it up for me. 


He's actually holding it upside down, but at least he was holding it, right? We took these pictures before the kids' naps and so I had it all folded back up into the pillow when I threw it back onto Carson's bed. He started getting upset when Rog took him in for his nap because he couldn't find his green blanket! I didn't take a picture of it, but the blanket is backed in green chenille. I am convinced that stuff is the devil as I cannot get rid of the green fuzzballs no matter what I do.


I am really bad at folding it up all nicely and shoving it into the pocket to make the pillow, so forgive the wonkiness in the picture. I went with random somewhat cross-hatched lines for the quilting. 


I had fun doing this style of quilting so I can definitely see using it again in the future.

Wyatt has been very insistent on what style of blanket he wants now that his birthday is coming up next . He has been consistently telling me red for the last week, so I thought we were settled on that, but then he started telling me very specifically that he wanted it to look like his pillowcase that is white with multicolored pinstripes. I'm not so excited about that. I asked if he would be disappointed if the blanket I made didn't look exactly like what was in his head. Unfortunately he said yes....

ETA...I've linked to it before, but I forgot to mention in this post that I used Nova's tutorial for the quilllow. The only thing I did differently was forget to add the carrying handle....

Linking up to the first {Sew} Modern Monday of the new year! Thanks, Megan!
and
Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story. Thanks, Heather and Megan!

21 comments:

  1. hahaha....love what kids say! ;-)
    Carson's quillow looks great - so glad he loves it!

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  2. Looks great, Toni! Is Wyatt's blanket going to be a quillow too?

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  3. Really like it! The green chenille, is it a pain even now that it's done and all the edges are secured, or just when working with it? I used some minkie fabric ONCE and will never again because it shed so very much when cutting, but surprisingly didn't shed once finished.

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  4. I love Carson's quilt! Great job. And maybe if you wait a while Wyatt will change his mind again...

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  5. As my mum is always reminding me, NEVER give the small ones an option - life's too short!!

    PS this looks awesome x

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  6. That looks fab! As for Wyatt, I think the phrase you're casting about for is 'never work with children and animals' ;o) Good luck!

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  7. Looks great Toni,and hopefully the blanket you make Wyatt will be to his satisfaction!?! Kids are so funny, but the great part about them is they are usually quite happy with the gift, even if it is a little different than what's in his head.

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  8. Oh my gosh, so adorable!! I really love the shade of yellow you used, it looks perfect!

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  9. It looks brilliant and I love the quilting on the cushion!! Must try that :)

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  10. what a cute quillow! and i love that lettering!

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  11. Carson's blanket looks great. Is Wyatt old enough to help you? Maybe he could draw a picture of it.

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  12. Fun quilt and pillow. The best is that Carson loves it!

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  13. what a lovely bright quilt, no wonder he loves it!

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  14. Carson's quillow looks awesome! I like the way you decided to quilt it. And it's awesome how Carson's already so attached to it! :)

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  15. I like how he calls it by its backing colour! LOL He obviously loves it!

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  16. Oh the pressure to make exactly what is in their little minds! Great job on the Quillow and I think Carson's name and the way you quilted the "pillow" looks amazing. Lucky boy. :)

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  17. Hi Toni ! Love how this turned out !

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  18. Great job! I love the bright colours and the lettering!

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  19. I love it! What pattern did you use for the top? I want to do the same one for my kids' quillows.

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