Star on Fire Christmas Pillow

I was going to call this post "Christmas in July Roundup", kind of as a joke. When I started blogging in early June, I quickly came across some Christmas in July blog events that I was really eager to participate in, but July came and went and what did I make - ONE Christmas pillow. But what a pillow;) I really do love it! And I am so happy it is finished (I DID finish it on the last day of July)
Jeg skulle kalle innlegget "Jul i juli sammendrag", litt som en vits. Da jeg begynte å blogge i juni fant jeg raskt noen "jul i juli" blogaktiviteter som jeg var ivrig etter å være med på. Men juli kom og gikk og hva fikk jeg lagd? EN julepute. Men for en pute;) Jeg må si at jeg syns den ble kjempefin!

So let me share the details with you/Her er noen detaljer:

Pattern: Snowflake block designed by Rebecca of Sew Festive Handmade. A very beautiful and complex pattern!

Mønster: Snowflake blokk designet av Rebecca hos Sew Festive Handmade.

Method: Paper pieced center block consisting of 24 sections with a total of 96 fabric pieces (is this a lot, or what?). Hand quilted with DMC floss. Envelope closure on back.

Sydd sammen med papirsøm - 24 deler med totalt 96 stoffbiter. Ganske mye, ikke sant? Håndquilted med DMC broderigarn.

Fabric: Various stuff from my stash. The red pointsettias (and green in center) is from Alpine Wonderland by Riley Blake. The green houndstooth around the edge is also from Riley Blake. Background is Kona White. The fabric is left over from the pieces I have cut out for the Vintage Holiday QAL over at Fabric Mutt.

Stoffet er fra stashen - det er rester fra biter jeg har skjært opp til Vintage Holiday QAL hos Fabric Mutt.

Favorite part: Definately the hand quilting. It was my first attempt at hand quilting (I've done some embroidery, so wasn't a big stretch) and I think it turned out great (if I may say so). I must say, though, that I was happy it was a small project because I don't have a thimble and I quickly felt like I needed one.

Favorittdelen var håndquiltingen. Første gang jeg har prøvd dette (men jeg har erfaring med broderi, så var ikke akkurat vanskelig å få til) og jeg syns det ble kjempefint om jeg kan si det selv. Men jeg var glad for at det var et lite prosjekt, for jeg har ikke fingerbøl og det kunne jeg trengt!

Least favorite part: Trying to get the center of the block to allign. It didn't. I wasn't precise enough when piecing the blocks and with a whopping 16 points coming in to the center there were too many seams to fiddle with. So I made do and covered the worst bit with a festive button.

Det verste var å få midten til å møte opp. Det gikk ikke. Jeg var ikke presis nok da jeg sydde sammen delene og med hele 16 spisser som skulle samles var det alt for mange sømmer å flikke på. Så jeg skulte det verste med en fin treknapp.

I don't think anyone will think about it too much when looking at the big picture - or what do you say?

Det er vel ingen som tenker så mye på det når de ser det store bildet, eller hva sier du?

And just a final note about this project - I was debating between Kona Snow (slightly warmer) and Kona White (very, very white) for this, and decided White was the best looking option. But I was very hesitant, because this will be on the couch in a season of hot cocoa drinking and cookie/chocolate eating galore. So what did I do while making this pillow? I picked it up to finish quilting right after eating a peanut butter sandwhich and totally got a stain on the white part. I forgot to photoshop it out, so you can see if you find it on the photo above:)

Jeg valgte (med stor nervøsitet) å bruke et veldig hvitt bakgrunnsstoff, selv om denne vil være i sofaen i en tid med kakaodrikking og masse sjokolade/småkakespising. Og selvfølgelig klarte jeg å få en flekk peanøttsmør på den allerede under konstruksjon. Du kan se om du finner flekken på bildet ovenfor:)

OK, since I am so pleased with this project, I am going to show it off in bloglandia. I hope you don't think I brag too much, I really am quite modest about my skills... I will be linking up to:

If you are visiting from any of these places (or elsewhere) - Welcome to my little blog, hope you like what you see. Leave a comment and I will surely visit you too. Let's be social!