Echo Pillow - Fairy Dust

 

Hi Quilting friends! I’m excited to share my Echo Pillow (featuring the Echo Quilt Pattern) with the magical Fairy Dust Collection designed by Ashley Collett. 

The Fairy Dust Collection is full or unicorns, fairies, floral prints, and rainbows ... it's just so lovely! 

 

I love sewing one block from a quilt pattern and making a pillow! This is a great way to "sample" the quilt and your fabric selection.

I chose to use the Echo Quilt Pattern as I was able to use 5 different Fairy Dust prints plus fussy cut the Unicorn for the block center! 

Echo Pillow 18.5" x 18.5"

Supplies:

• Echo Quilt Pattern - PayHip Pattern Shop or Etsy
• Pillow Front- Echo Block and Border: (5) Fat Quarters of Fairy Dust Collection 
• Pillow Backing: 3/4 yard of Fairy Dust Collection
• 20" or 22" Nylon Zipper
• 18" x 18" Pillow Form

Optional: AccuQuilt GO! Qube Mix & Match

I love using my AccuQuilt dies for perfectly cut blocks quickly with no trimming!

One Echo Block requires:

Color 1 (unicorn): (1) F

Color 2 (pink floral): (2) C, (4) D, (4) E

Color 3 (green floral): (2) C, (4) E

Color 4 (floral background): (8) A, (16) B

Color 5 (pink outer border): (2) strips 3.5" x 12.5" and (2) strips 3.5" x 18.5"

Add a border:

The Echo Quilt Block finishes at 12" x 12" so I simply cut my outer borders strips 3.5" wide to create the 18.5" x 18.5" pillow. I really love the softness the added border creates.

• Outer Border strips cut sizes:  (2) strips 3.5" x 12.5" and (2) strips 3.5" x 18.5" 

I love to add a zipper to my pillow covers for easy removal for washing! Check out my tutorial here. 

Choosing to add the zipper to the bottom of the pillow cover creates a reversible pillow! Plus this is a quick option for finishing your pillow! Check out my tutorial here. 

Echo Quilt Pattern is available: PayHip Pattern Shop or Etsy Shop

Have a great day and happy quilting! 

Melanie 

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Echo Quilt - Pixie Noel 2

Hi Quilty Friends!  I’m super excited to share my new Echo Quilt featuring the fabulous Pixie Noel 2 Fabric Collection designed by Tasha Noel for Riley Blake Designs. Plus this quilt has a bonus backing surprise ;) ... so keep on reading!

Echo Quilt Pattern - available at Payhip or Etsy

I was sooooo excited to learn that Pixie Noel 2 was being released as I loved Pixie Noel (the original) and still have a few favorite pieces in my stash! Just look at this adorable collection - pixies, stockings, woodland critters, snow, florals, and stripes.

I absolutely love the colors of Pixie Noel 2. Adding aqua and pink into a Christmas Collection makes the project more fresh and modern - which I love! Plus Tasha's illustrations are fabulous so I had to fussy cut the center square for each Echo Quilt Block using the Pixie Noel 2 Main Print in all 4 color ways!

My favorite tools for perfectly fussy cut blocks.

• Lori Holt Cute Cuts Trim it Rulers 
• Sue Daley Designs Rotating Mat - plus it's pink!
• OR for my AccuQuilt friends - I have a blog post all about fussy cutting with your AccuQuilt dies (here)

Echo Quilt Supplies 60.5" x 60.5" - Pixie Noel 2 

Clickable links below 

• Echo Quilt Pattern - available at Payhip or Etsy
• 16 Fat Quarters - Pixie Noel 2 Fabric designed by Tasha Noel for Riley Blake Designs
• 2 yards Background - Pixie Noel 2 Snow White designed by Tasha Noel for Riley Blake Designs
• 0.5 yard Inner Border - Pixie Noel 2 Stripes Multi designed by Tasha Noel for Riley Blake Designs
• 1 yard Outer Border - Pixie Noel 2 Poinsettias Aqua designed by Tasha Noel for Riley Blake Designs
• 0.75 yard Binding - Pixie Noel 2 Stripes Multi designed by Tasha Noel for Riley Blake Designs
• 4 yards Backing 
• Optional - I used Pixie Noel 2 Main Print (in four color ways) for the fussy cut centers.

The Echo Quilt Pattern is written for traditional rotary cutting PLUS I include the AccuQuilt GO! dies needed if your prefer. I personally LOVE to use my AccuQuilt dies because then my blocks are perfect and no trimming needed! Just look at the perfectly cut fabric!

Here is a close up of a few of the blocks before I quilted them! It was so fun selecting the fabrics for each block!

Did you see the AMAZING Panel that is in the Pixie Noel 2 Collection??? This adorable quilt panel was perfect to make my quilt reversible! I simply added borders to the sides of the panel until it was the size I needed. This is a great way to use up all of your fabric scraps if you order a half-yard bundle instead of a fat-quarter bundle.

This Pixie Noel 2 Stripes Multi print might be the best binding fabric ever!!! It is so many of my favorite colors with a bias stripe!

I know quilt swirl photos might be so 2020, but I still love them so I have to share it. It is a peppermint swirl of happiness!

It might only be June and I'm not ready for snow, but I am ready to use my Pixie Noel 2 - Echo Quilt right away! Sometimes creating a winter quilt in the summer is the perfect way to cool down :).

Echo Quilt Pattern - available at Payhip or Etsy

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Echo Quilt Pattern - available at Payhip or Etsy

Have a great day and happy quilting! 

Melanie 

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