American Patchwork & Quilting - USA (2020-06)

(^3)
Trim batting and muslin even with
quilted pillow top edges.
(^4)
Layer brown tone-on-tone
20 ×24" rectangle, batting
20 ×24" rectangle, and muslin 20×24"
rectangle; baste.
(^5)
Quilt as desired. Annette machine-
quilted parallel diagonal lines
across the layered rectangle (Pillow
Back Quilting Diagram).
(^6)
Cut quilted rectangle into two
111 ∕ 4 × 181 ∕ 2 " backing rectangles
(Diagram 2).
(^7)
Use brown-and-beige stripe 2^1 ∕ 2 "-
wide bias strips to bind one long
edge of each backing rectangle. (For
details, see Complete Quilt.)
(^8)
Referring to Diagram 2, layer
backing rectangles, overlapping
bound edges about 4", to make an 18^1 ∕ 2 "
square. Baste across overlapped edges
to make pillow back.
Designer Janice Joyner embellished a
Wooly Felted Wonders Large Tote Kit
(woolyfeltedwonders.com) with the
Summer’s Song appliqué design to
create a colorful bag. She appliquéd the
front panel before assembling the tote.
She used a green batik to bind the top
edges and to add color to the handles.
(^9)
With wrong sides together, layer
quilted pillow top and pillow back.
Sew edges together to make pillow
cover.
(^10)
Bind pillow cover using
remaining brown-and-beige
stripe 2^1 ∕ 2 "-wide bias strips. Insert
pillow form through opening in back
to complete pillow.
Designer: Janice Joyner of Lone Star Pattern
Works (lonestarpatternworks.com)
Machine quilter: Annette Watson
181 / 2 "
18
1 /^2
"
11
1 /^4
"
" 4 " 4
11
1 /^4
"
Diagram 2
Pillow Back
Quilting Diagram
20 "
24
"
111 / 4 × 181 / 2 "
111 / 4 × 181 / 2 "
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