A New Pillow for Valentines Day

Every year in February I get the itch to make a pillow or two.  I don't really have any Valentines decor, so this year I finally sat down and made something!  I've also been wanting to try hexies for awhile too.  They are actually surprisingly fast and easy (and stitching from the couch is a nice change)!  And since there are no hearts on this pillow, maybe I can use it for more than just Valentines Day?


I was inspired by THIS mini from Modern Handcraft for my pillow top.  I used a mix of low volume prints for the background and I love how it turned out!

The texture on this pillow is pretty awesome.   I love this quilting design. 

Once the quilting was done, I decided I wasn't quite finished so I added a few ghost hexies in the "negative space".  Can you spot them?

Since I originally planned four columns of hexies for the top and ended up liking the look of three better, I had a few hexies left over.  I decided to try my hand at actually hand piecing them together the traditional way.  Then I appliqued them to this gray solid, which I was happy to find in my stash.  Now the pillow is double sided!  And of course an envelope enclosure for me!

I didn't take the time to look up a tutorial or anything, just tried to stitch these together from memory based on that one time we had an EPP class at Quilt Guild...  I hope I did it right!

And I couldn't help but share the rest of my Valentines decor with the new pillow.  Mostly because I love these monthly themed blocks so much!  The sun pattern is from April May Designs HERE (I made the whole set for my sister and another set for myself - check out my post HERE).  The Subway art printable is from Just Another Hangup HERE.

Now... what to make for March??