the haphazard chevron pillow from quiting happiness by diane gilleland and christina lane

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Copyright 2013 by Christina Lane and

Diane Gilleland

Project photography copyright 2013

by Potter Craft, an imprint of the Crown

Publishing Group, a division of

Random House, Inc.

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by

Potter Craft, an imprint of the Crown

Publishing Group, a division of

Random House, Inc., New York.

www.crownpublishing.com

www.pottercraft.com

POTTER CRAFT and colophon are

registered trademarks of Random

House, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-

Publication Data

Lane, Christina, 1980

Quilting happiness : projects, inspira-

tion, and ideas to make quilting

more joyful / by Christina Lane and

Diane Gilleland.First Edition.

pages cm1. QuiltingPatterns. I. Gilleland,

Diane. II. Title.

TT835.L329 2013

746.46dc23

2012047886

ISBN 978-0-7704-3409-0

eISBN 978-0-7704-3410-6

Printed in China

Illustrations by Christina Lane

Tools and Techniques photography by

Sarah Costa

Project photographs by Heather Weston

Quilt journal image (page 18): Sarah

Costa, Sarah Costa Photography

Morning Seeing image (page 19): Pam

and Kirby Harris, Harris & Harris

Photographics

Inspiration Board image (page 27):

Hanna Andersson, ihanna.nu

Blackbird Fly quilt image (page 90,right): Krista Hennebury,

poppyprints.blogspot.com

Diver quilt image (page 96): Kay Bailey,

fiberofherbeing.blogspot.com

do.Good Stitches image (page 119):

Nicke Cutler, kisskissquilt.blogspot.

com

Laid Back Ladies of the Block image

(page 134): Carol Porter

Cover photographs by Heather Weston

except back cover, top, by Sarah

Costa

Cover design by Laura Palese

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

First Edition


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Q U I LT I N G H A P P I N E S S92

SUPPLIES

Pillow Top Fabric: yard each

of two contrasting fabrics

Backing Fabric: 1 fat quarter of

coordinating print

Muslin/Lining Fabric: yard

Batting: 2 pieces, each

measuring 12" 12"

Pillow Form: 12" 12"

FABRICS USED HERE

FreeSpirit Designer Solids:

Arctic White

Robert Kaufman Kona Solid:

Black

CUTTING THE FABRICS

Pillow Top Fabrics (cut as

outlined below for each

fabric):

Cut the selvage off, rotate the

piece 180 degrees, and cut

off the fold of the yardage.

Youll have 2 pieces, each

measuring approximately

18" 22". Leave them

stacked together with

wrong sides facing.

Muslin/Lining Fabric: Cut 2

squares, 12" 12".

Backing: Cut 1 square,

12" 12".

TheHAPHAZARD

CHEVRONPILLOWFINISHED PROJECT SIZE: 12" SQUARE

CHRISTINA:Sometimes, I want to quilt a gift for someone but it doesnt make sense to create a full-size quilt.

Thats when I turn to this pillow. You can change its look by changing the fabrics; subtle prints create a whole other

effect than the solids Ive used here. Its a nice sort of blank canvas for customizing to the person Im quilting for.

DIANE:With this fairly improvisational piecing, too, each pillow you make is one of a kind. Thats a nice gift-

giving touch.

Skill Level:

Christinas Tips

Instead of using only two fabrics for

the pillow top, try incorporating

some print strips in the same

colorway. Go for subtle prints that

add a bit of interest but still maintaina striking color contrast overall.

Incidentally, when you do the initial

cuts on your yardage for this project,

you end up with 18" 22" pieces,

which is fat quarter size. So you could

always purchase two fat quarters of

either fabric instead of yardage.

Youll find a 6" 24" (or larger)

ruler handy for this project, since

youll be making a number of fairly

long cuts. Just make sure it has a45-degree-angle line.


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