Aly's Shams Arrive

As soon as the shams arrived at Aly's home she started sending me pictures :)

Aren't they fun?

What order should they go?

She loves them and I am so happy that they arrived safely :)

One final shot with the new blue shams in the background :)

Aly's Over the Rainbow Pillow Shams

Saturday I was determined to get these shams finished.... but, I didn't feel very well :(

I muscled through the discomfort and got them done :)

These are made to fit a 24" euro pillow form.

I quilted each color in a different fmq pattern.

The green is daisy :)

The red is in a pebble pattern.

The orange is in a swirl.

I actually finished the orange one last week... or the week before ;D

For the backs, I made my first concealed zipper closure :)  I made up the instillation process and it worked out pretty well :)

I wanted to get this posted last night, but as it turned out I was REALLY sick by the time I finished these :(  Stomach flu :p  I am on a self quarantine for a few days.  I feel much better today but according to the Mayo Clinic, I could be contagious for up to two weeks :(  I figure I won't do any food prep for the family for a while and that should stop the spread.

Wish me luck :)

I plan to mail these off to my sister tomorrow.  Won't they look AWESOME on her bed?

Linking up with Amanda Jean over at Crazy Mom Quilts :)

Aly's Shams

Aly commissioned Euro shams to match her AWESOME new quilt :)

I had a few blocks left over from making the quilt.  (This was actually part of the plan so I could make shams.)  Aly decided that she wanted each sham to be a different color.

Isn't chain piecing fun... even on a LARGE scale?

These bad boys are about 32" square right now.  They will end up being 30" square when they are all finished and put together.

Aly has requested a zipper back.  It will be my first attempt and I am REALLY excited about it :)

They are HUGE!

Now I need to quilt the tops of the shams.  What motif shall I do?  I was going to copy the quilt, but I think I may do each sham differently.  Who knows ;D

Monday I was able to get the shams all ready for quilting.  Here they are all basted and looking cute in a pile :)

Monday night, I was able to get two of the shams quilted :)

Pebbles. 

Daises.

What ever shall I do for the orange one's fmq???

 I can't wait to get these finished.  They are going to be pretty cool.  I am seriously jealous of my sisters snazzy new bedroom dressings :)

Ps- Tuesday morning I went and ACTUALLY measured the quilted sham tops and they are a generous 34".  Apparently, my estimations were a bit conservative!

PPS-  HAPPY ELECTION DAY!!  Get out and vote! :)  We are so blessed to be able to participate in such an important event that not only will shape our nation, but quite literally the world as well :)