Linked Pillow-Along: Construction

This post is part of the Linked Pillow-Along.  If you are just joining, you can see the first post here, the supply list here and the cutting instructions here.  Today we are making our pillow front.  Tuesday next week (Aug 28) we'll be quilting and Friday (Aug 31) we'll be putting a zipper in the back and doing the binding.

Today we come to my favorite part of quilt making - the sewing!  A couple of notes - always use a 1/4" seam allowance and always press AWAY from the white if you're pressing to the side.  I used white thread for constructing the pillow top.

 Sew one white strip between two green strips.  Cut the remaining green strip in half and sew a white strip between the two halves.  Crosscut 17 2 1/2" sections.    (Note:  You may not need the second piece if your fabric is wide enough).

Sew a 3 1/2" white section on two opposite sides of a blue square.  

Sew a 4 1/2" white section onto the two remaining sides of the blue square.  Make 15.

Sew a 2" white section on the short sides of the 3 1/2" x 2" pieces.  Sew a 4 1/2" white section onto one long side of the blue piece.

 Starting with a full blue square on the top left corner, lay out the pillow as shown.

 Sew the pieces together into columns and the columns into the pillow top.

Have fun!  Please add some pictures to the Flickr group so we can share our progress!

(PS - Sorry about the arrangement of pictures.  Blogger usually cooperates when I have one or two pictures, but as soon as I add more, it gets a mind of its own!)