pillow swap time!

Along with the mug rug swap, I signed up for the Pillow Talk Swap.  I have been super excited about it, because it’s a modern swap, with a few more guidelines on the general style of the project.  Having never made a pillow cover, I thought I should do a practice project before diving into the main pillow.  The REAL pillow for my partner will be very similar.  I’m most likely going to be doing a larger square pillow, though, the color scheme is slightly different (though the main fabric will still be linen), and the patchwork pieces will be straight (vs wonky like I’ve gone with here–I love wonky, but I think my partner might like straight better).

For the back, I went with a simple envelop closure with a contrasting binding.  I’m planning on adding a few fabric covered buttons to the swap version to make sure the back is just as pretty as the front.