Bloggers Pillow Party: January

Since I've been making all these pillows the last two weeks, when Anna at Noodlehead posted about the Blogger's Pillow Party that Stitched in Color is having each month, I figured I needed to enter!  My favorite pillow so far?  This one!

I posted about it last week when I was finishing up my sister's pillows.  I'd been sitting at my computer in the kitchen that morning, thinking about different ideas for other pillows, when I refocused my eyes and saw what I wanted to make.  I'd been half staring out the window and my brain tuned in to the trellis on the fence.

That was it!  I pretty much jumped up and ran to the sewing room to sketch out the pillow and get measurements.  I went with a 3" finished square and 1.5" finished sashing.  I picked out twelve fabrics from Kate Spain's Central Park layer cake for this pillow, cutting 2 squares of each - one for the center, then one cut in half diagonally for around the edges.  I'm keeping the other half square triangles for a future, yet-undetermined, project.  The top came together easily and I ended up loving this pillow more than I thought I would! 

It's living on my couch at the moment, since that's where I will see it most often, but it also goes with my bedroom, too, so it'll probably move between the two spots depending on how many more pillows I make!

If you've made a pillow recently, link up with the Blogger's Pillow Party!