Take out your scraps box and show off your favorite fabrics 

After working on a quilt or another sewing project, you usually have little strips and scraps left. You don’t want to throw them out because you love the fabrics and, well, you’ve paid for that piece too. So we save them and keep them in a box for a future project. 

In between bigger projects

When you are in between quilts or you’re waiting for the Spring in Paris Quilt Along starting in April and you still want to play with fabrics, you’re going to look for smaller items to make. You could sew a nice phone case, a zippered pouch, or what about a boxy pouch?

Although these are lovely projects for a lazy Sunday afternoon, you want to make something different. But what? Sitting on your couch, it hits you. You want to make another pillow to accompany the cross stitch pillow and the plus block pillow you made earlier.

A fun little project

I have the perfect companion, the minimalist pillow. You can show your little bits and scraps of your favorite fabrics off in the focal point in this pillow. And you don’t need a lot of prints. Using a lighter background fabric will let them pop in the middle and on the corners. My friend and helper Sandra Schnathorst made the pillow for me using the fabrics from the new collection Dance in Paris. 

What do you think? Fun project, right? The instructions for this minimalist pillow can be found in Love Patchwork & Quilting magazine (#78). The pillow is by Ashley Newcomb. She made pillows with this design but also a complete quilt. This particular one turned out light and modern. 

Ashley also used the same pattern for another quilt she made and it was quilted by Rachel Hauser from Stitch in Color who happens to be one of our sponsors for Zen Chic’s Quilt Along which starts April 28.

While waiting for our Spring in Paris QAL

The minimalist pillow (and the other projects mentioned here) are perfect for passing the time while figuring out what you want to make next. I hope you’re considering joining us in our very first Spring in Paris Quilt Along.

In the meantime, have fun going through your box with little bits and scraps of your favorite fabrics. And if you post your Zen Chic projects on Instagram tag me (@zenchicmoda). I love to give you the love you deserve. 

Happy quilting!