It's a Pillow Kind of Week

The past few days found me finishing up some

pillows for a raffle at my church.

For the past 5 years or so, a group of us at church has 

been making quilts to be raffled.  

The proceeds of the raffle go to one of the missions

we support through the church.

This year we decided to change things up a bit.

Instead of making one large quilt,

we decided to make a small lap quilt,

a table topper, a table runner and 2 pillows,

all from Christmas fabric.

This way more people have a chance to win.

The group gathers and makes the tops

and then several of us quilt and finish them.

I offered to finish the pillows since I enjoy making pillows so much!

I had so much fun quilting each of these, using

feathers, arcs and meander.

 

 We thought this fabric would appeal to most people.

It's traditional, but has a little spark of something  new to it.

All of the quilted items use these same blocks.

 

I had just enough to make the backing with the hidden zipper.

I do have a question....

When did pillow forms become so expensive??

Even with a coupon, they cost a lot more than they used to,

but, then, what doesn't??

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday today.

Happy Quilting!