a vintage heart ~ collage pillow

after creating the collaged heart, i stipple quilted it with 100% polyester {40 wt} thread, with 100% masterpiece {50 wt} cotton in the bobbin.

 and yesss… there is a new baby in town in my studio; the bernina Q20 mid-arm ~ more on that later! 

i decided to apply a trapunto-styled layered effect under the heart-linen portion for added depth and softness. 

and then trimmed away the extra, following the perimeter of the stitching on the outside edges of the linen {seen above}

i loved those darling sweet hand appliqued corners:

and i added another layer of batting to the whole surface area of the pillow, and then quilted a diagonal line in the checkered border:

this is the pillow top, finished and hanging from the line:

sweetheart swirls in the quilting motif, add to the overall elegance and charm of this vintage linen, don’t you think?

and a few of the tiny collaged flowers; these are only about one inch in size ~ {sometimes cut in groups} or added singly, add a special touch on the perimeter:

and the finished pillow ~ about 17″ will look great stuffed with an 18″ pillow form {all i had on hand was 16″} and i love the pretty coordinated binding, from which i cut some of the tiny collaged, fused flower shapes from ~  ‘amberside’ by moda:

oh… and that icky ol’ smoke casts such a yellow light on all my images… oh for some clear blue skies… 

anyway ~ have a grand day!
xo
leslie
soli deo gloria