“Sea spray is a spray of seawater that forms when ocean waves crash, or high winds are blowing.” (from wikipedia).
That, I think, perfectly describes this finished HST pillow. It was a dash to the finish, for sure, but I managed to finish my pillow that I am swapping this weekend. I based this pillow off “Crystallized” by Angela Mitchell’s pattern in the Pillow Pop book (page 82). Instead of using the warm and cool color combinations, I swapped the warm for low-volume prints and made the cool color rings a single color within a the ring (not mixed). 
I quilted irregular lines in the low volume portion of the pillow, which you can see more clearly in this close-up.
The back of the pillow I kept simple with using a single Kona Blue fabric. The opening I used an invisible zipper through the middle of the pillow (as I had done in my other two cushions blogged here). 
I am including a picture of the pillow top backing, as you can really see the quilting. The top, I used organic cotton batting with muslin as the backing which is what you see here.
So I love the finish, the hubby wanted to keep it…..I hope my swap partner likes it!!
I blogged previously, showing photos of the making of the pillow – those can be found here and here. I shared the above photos on the “Pillow Pop” flickr group – in case you are interested in joining.
I am linking up with AmandaJean @ CrazyMomQuilts for Finish it up Friday.
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That’s fantastic! It came out beautifully. I heart it and someone is getting a really great gif!
Thank you !!!
Looks good!
Thanks 🙂
Beautiful! Wish I was your swap partner 🙂
Thank you, that’s so nice 🙂
It is beautiful!
Thank you – the two postage stamp pillows I did previously really helped the skill building for this one 🙂
Love colors and the LV background. Beautiful pillow!
Thank you…I love the low-volume thing at the moment I hope to more 🙂
Your partner will LOVE it. I love the close up of the delicious straight line quilting. I find in my own work that sometimes the blue-green combo can get mushy-looking (if that descriptor makes sense?) BUT your colors are bright and crisp. Great job!
I find it a little nerve wracking giving a person you don’t know well a home-made gift, that not knowing whether they will like it or not. Appreciate the support, gives me a little more confidence 🙂
i always feel that way about handmade gifts! so much time involved and a bit of yourself, too. if she doesn’t like it, you can send it to me. =) but of course she will.
So true 🙂
Ahhh! Michelle, I love this! Stellar job on all parts, but I especially love your quilting work. She’s going to love it for sure!
thank you….I loved working with the HST. This was my first time so I am so pleased how it turned out and all nice and aligned, which made the quilting easier and possible 🙂
i am working on a hst quilt that is almost identical in pattern. am loving it. your pillow turned out fantastic. i especially like your choice of handquilting. superb!
Do you have a link of your quilt – I will love to see it and watch the process.
So beautiful! Love the fabric choices and the quilting!
Thank you 🙂
Beautiful pillow! Love the color combinations and the quilting! A wonderful finish!
Thank you, my swap partner asked for blue and green so it worked perfectly.
You can’t beat those HSTs, and what a great small project to get a HST fix!
It was a great project!! I see many more HST projects coming up in my future.
I LOVE this!
Thank you!!!
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