{"id":39974,"date":"2018-04-15T07:05:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T14:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=39974"},"modified":"2018-04-15T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T21:51:03","slug":"bam-pillow-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/bam-pillow-swap\/","title":{"rendered":"BAM Pillow Swap"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40018\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521869013286..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521869013286.-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"BAMaQG Pillow Swap entry\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521869013286.-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521869013286.-768x789.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521869013286.-996x1024.jpg 996w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521869013286.-1200x1234.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 85vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BAMaQG Pillow Swap entry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I needed to rest at the beginning of March, but knew I had a pillow swap to finish by the April meeting. My recipient&#8217;s color preferences were listed as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Green (lime, pickle)<\/li>\n<li>magenta<\/li>\n<li>orange<\/li>\n<li>white<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I wanted to be sure my design was modern, fit the desires of the recipient and wasn&#8217;t too difficult to piece. I immediately thought of the Alison Glass fabrics I used for the Triple Star. Except for the white, I thought those fabrics would fit well with the desired color scheme.<\/p>\n<p>I had a pillow I thought was made by my pal Amanda stuck in my mind. I asked her about it and she suggested Pinterest. I immediately found the design for which I was looking &#8211; the X Plus O block. Once I had the name, I found a lot of examples and spent a happy hour laying on the couch and looking at them.I also found an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/219128338103416973\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">example that I thought would be good inspiration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before I could really sew again, I worked on the design using EQ8. I was able to play with the size and get the elements right.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39942\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39942\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521406347651..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521406347651.-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"Maria's BAM Pillow Swap in process\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521406347651.-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521406347651.-768x731.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521406347651.-1024x974.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wp-1521406347651.-1200x1141.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria&#8217;s BAM Pillow Swap in process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After I could sew again, I went back to working on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/sew-together-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sew Together Bag project<\/a>. In the middle of that project, I needed a break, but didn&#8217;t want to reset my machine for piecing. I knew that if I did, I would have three more UFOs and another year would pass before I could give the gifts. Cutting was a good idea, so I cut out all of the pieces.<\/p>\n<p>One of the helpful parts of EQ8 is the ability to print out rotary cutting directions. I found a bug in the process of doing this, which I reported to the Electric Quilt Company. It turned out not to be a bug; they don&#8217;t consider a lozenge shape to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.electricquilt.com\/articles\/understanding-rotary-cutting-charts-in-eq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rotary cuttable<\/a>. I was able to figure out the size to cut a square as I plan to use the flippy corners method or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B073WFPD41\/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=artquiltmaker-20&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=B073WFPD41&amp;linkId=625785441404e562435404e4fb26d583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple Folded Corners Ruler<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I also used the S<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spoonflower.com\/2015\/07\/zipper-pillow-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poonflower zipper installation<\/a> instructions. I acually watched the video and found it to be really helpful. I am pleased with how my pillow&#8217;s zipper closure came out, though I had to redo it a couple of times. I think the problem was the zipper foot I used. I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sewingmachinesplus.com\/media\/products\/Janome\/accessories\/j-611406002\/611406002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flat snap on zipper foot<\/a>. I didn&#8217;t feel like I could get as close to the zipper as I like. As a result I didn&#8217;t catch the seam allowance, which makes a closed up area around the zipper. I should have used the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightonsewingcentre.co.uk\/user\/products\/large\/fabrics\/adjustable-pipin-zip-foot-parts-janome.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tall, skinny foot<\/a>. I am used to it. I didn&#8217;t use it because I was sick of installing feet and resetting settings on my machine. I paid the price.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40241\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-1523802553635..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-1523802553635.-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"BAM Pillow Swap Recipients\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-1523802553635.-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-1523802553635.-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-1523802553635.-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-1523802553635.-1200x684.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/wp-1523802553635..jpg 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BAM Pillow Swap Recipients<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We exchanged yesterday and everyone did a wonderful job. I am behind Christina, but you can see my pillow over my head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I needed to rest at the beginning of March, but knew I had a pillow swap to finish by the April meeting. My recipient&#8217;s color preferences were listed as: Green (lime, pickle) magenta orange white I wanted to be sure my design was modern, fit the desires of the recipient and wasn&#8217;t too difficult to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/bam-pillow-swap\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BAM Pillow Swap&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[453],"tags":[137,128,316,160,331,136,59],"class_list":["post-39974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-453","tag-bamqg","tag-completed-project","tag-gifts","tag-guilds","tag-piecing","tag-pillows","tag-swaps"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}