When Laurie Wisbrun asked if she could send me some of her latest line, Don't Be Crabby, I jumped at the chance. I love Laurie's fabric and this line is just so fun! It's the whales... they just kill me with their cuteness. This collection is due to release in December.
I decided to make some pillows for my nephews with the fabric since they are all obsessed with swimming, lakes, fish, boats, etc. I had high hopes of finishing all four pillows before the end of the month but unfortunately life got in the way! I was able to finish the first one though so here it is!
I used the pattern for my Woodland Tails Pillow, which was published in Issue 9 of Fat Quarterly. I chose to offset the middle panel on this one a little though, since I accidentally cut the whale fabric wrong!
Since the pillow had a nautical theme going on, I decided to add in some nautical themed quilting. My sewing machine has an anchor stitch (#235 on the Janome Horizon 7700) which was exactly what I was looking for!
The back is nothing too exciting, but it does feature one of the cute fish prints from Don't Be Crabby.
I just had to add in one of the selvages from the fabric too! Can't waste those little crabs :)
Now for the giveaway! Robert Kaufman is offering up one fat quarter bundle of Don't Be Crabby to one of you!
Update: This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to our winner, hollymade!