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A few weeks ago, my cousin contacted me about making her granddaughter a quilt for Christmas.  We chatted some and I thought it would be a simple task. The more we chatted, the more the project evolved and I felt I wouldn't have enough time to complete it for Christmas.

My cousin's daughter likes owls and she wanted me to make an owl quilt for her granddaughter.  I've had a pattern pinned to one of my Pinterest boards for a while but never had a reason to order and make it - now I do.  I sent her the link to the pattern and she loved it.  I made one owl and turned it into a throw pillow.  The quilt will come early next year when I have more time.  

It is adorable, if I do say so myself.   :)

She didn't want super bright so I went with a gray slate colored solid; the pillow is backed in the same.  Other than purchasing the solid and the pillow form, everything is out of my stash.  I machine appliqued the whole thing, backed the block with some batting and backing so that the threads were covered.  I did a quilted outline around the owl with dark gray thread.  Could have done a bit better job with that idea but with the dark thread and dark background, you can't really see it.  

Once I send it off to Florida, I will make sure this is what she wants for a quilt and get started.  If not, there is super, super cute owl fabric at my LQS that I can get and make a simple quilt with that.  I'm sure she will love the owl though so I should probably start digging in my stash for some color combinations. 

I've been working on another pillow too.  Almost done with it.  It's my "test" pillow.  I plan on making a few for gifts so I wanted to see how it would work out for time and such.  I'll show you soon!

Enjoy your day!

Jen  :)