Elephants on Parade Pillow

Spring has arrived here in California and with it many allergies, plus add some sort of virus and a teething baby.  Well, I just haven't gotten out of the house much, but I have been productive in the sewing department.  

Remember this quilt block that I made for my bee quilt?  I loved this block so much.  I couldn't get it out of my head to make a pillow just like it, but I am laaaazzzyy.  So I decided to just use the quilt block I already made for the quilt for the pillow instead.  I added some thin borders of gray and a bit of the bright pink.  I love how the bright pink blends with the rest of the fabrics but really pops and catches your eye.  I then added a scrappy border and put some more elephants in the corners.  I wanted to use the gray for the binding but ran out of the medium gray I was using for the sashing, but luckily I had some Kona charcoal that worked really well.  Whew.  Didn't have to break the fabric fast. ;0)

For the quilting- I kept it simple.  I used a variegated yellow thread.  My machine has this triple stitch that I really like because it makes the stitching stand out more and kind of has a hand stitched look.  I used that for the center sashing and then outline stitched the center blocks and outer sashing.

For the back I used this Amy Butler Midwest Modern print, since it incorporated all the colors that I used for the front.

Just one more shot... just because...:0)

I am entering this one into Rachel's Pillow Party!