Crane Star Pillow

My lovely fellow VMQG member Laurraine designs and sells the most delightful patterns via her business Patchwork Pottery. When she recently asked if I'd be willing to test her Crane Star Pillow pattern, I leaped at the chance!

Here's her prototype:

image from Patchwork Pottery

And here's my version:

Front

Back

In my opinion, a feature of a great pattern is its ability to be translated into different colourways/fabrics and still look great. This is one such pattern.

Here's the front a little closer up:

Back:

Don't you just love it? The pattern should be for sale soon - why not go subscribe to Laurraine's blog to find out exactly when?

A few more details:

Pillow cover size: 18½" square (I stuffed it with a 20" pillow form so it was nice and plump)
Fabrics: Kona Coal is the grey solid, and the cranes are assorted fabrics from my stash - Green: Sheri Berry designs; Yellow: Minny Muu by Lecien; Orange dots: Crazy for Dots and Stripes by RJR fabrics; Orange floral: my leftover bit has no selvage but it's relatively new and the name is on the tip of my tongue (chime in if you know and I'll update this post) I remembered! It's American Jane by Moda; Purple: random 30s repro without a selvage; Pink: Amy Butler Ginger Bliss; Aqua: Garden Pindot by Michael Miller.
Other: I used Pellon brand fusible fleece rather than batting+backing and it worked like a dream. Highly recommended for pillows.

Linking this finish up to Sew {Modern} Mondays, Manic Monday, and Quilt Story (all buttons on my sidebar over on the right). And other linkies as they pop up - you know how I am about that!