I recently received a very,
very generous surprise box from
Moda Fabrics, filled to the brim with up-coming collections in Moda's much loved, classic pre-cut bundles, folded perfectly & wrapped in ribbon!
A beautiful sight!
Inside I found a Fat Eighth bundle of
Amy Ellis' first collection for Moda,
Modern Neutrals, a bundle of
Fancy by Lily Ashbury, one of
Lella Boutique's Into the Woods, Bonnie & Camille's
Miss Kate,
Lauren & Jessy Jung's Pedal Pushers, A Field Guide by Janet Clare, and a colorful Layer Cake of
April Rosenthal's Best. Day. Ever!
It was a challenge to undo each neatly tied bundle, but I knew these colorful prints would make an adorable Train Pillow Set, which I had an Etsy shop order for, so I jumped in! Using
ThermoWeb's iron-on fabric adhesive
HeatnBond Lite, I prepared each fabric by fusing on the adhesive, sketching my applique train shapes right onto the paper side of the HeatnBond, cut out my shapes, and ironed them onto to neutral shades of
RJR Cotton Supreme Solids. Using a white, cotton Aurifil 50wt and my satin stitch I simply sewed around each shape to finish. It's fairly time consuming, but so worth it!
The back of each pillow is finished with a print from Ellen Luckett Baker's Quilt Blocks fabric collection for Moda, with a little colorful touch of binding on each in Patchwork Plaid by Michael Miller!