project orphan pillow


Today I would like to share my Orphan Pillow with you.
It is made of quite a few of Orphan blocks plus a combination of my most favorite fabric scraps (e.g. the pink flower-cherry combo from Hilco, the grey vichy squares also from Hilco and a few Kona Cotton solids). 

I was inspired by Nicole's post about different ways using up your orphan blocks where she shown one of the most beautiful quilts I have seen in a long time... The quilt was made by the amazing Emily of Simple Girl, Simple Life. You really need have a look at it yourself. Its gorgeous! 

So I thought I should give it a go myself!
There were quite a few blocks in need for a new home - leftovers from earlier projects but never used yet. I arranged them on a pillow and it very much looked like that: 


Not very pretty, I am afraid and I was not exactly happy to be honest! The whole thing looked a bit all over the place and I couldn't imagine it would turn out nice in the end at all. But I gave it a go anyways, getting confidence after reading about Emily's journey... ;)

So and here it is.




Lotte was so kind to pose with the pillow today. Thanks.

By the way. I actually think that the back of it turned out really, really gorgeous. Even though it is pretty simple...

Laura

6 comments:

  1. I love how your pillow turned out. The addition of the solids really helped tie the top together. And you'll have a few of those orphan blocks left to start the next one. So far the only thing I've done with my orphan blocks was to make a few hot pads, but I love the idea of the pillow. I will definitely check out Nichole's post for more ideas.

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  2. Thanks Andrea.
    And yes, should definitely head over to Nicole's and Emiliy's post- the quilt is just stunning!

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  3. Your pillow(s) are great. Can't not find anything about you on your blog... Funny that you chose a German word as your blog title. Kind regards from Germany, Annett
    Feel free to visit my blog at knettycraft.wordpress.com - there is going on the Chicken Run, a pincushion giveaway/swap

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    1. Zuckerkuss ist tatsächlich ein deutscher Name. Meine Tochter K gibt die besten Küsschen und die schmecken immer nach Schokolade, Gummibärchen, Pudding, Donut, Cookies,... kurz Zucker. So entstand zuckerkuss.

      Ich schaue gerne bei dir vorbei. Liebe Grüße aus GB.

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  4. Hi Laura! This is very beautiful pillow! Great way to use orphan blocks.x Teje

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