I finished this little quilted pillow last week. I started it in a workshop with Mary Lou Hallenbeck in November 2010. Mary Lou demonstrated her technique for appliqueing bias strips in Celtic patterns.

Close-up of appliqued strips going around a tight curve.

Close-up of the free motion quilting.

Close-up of the binding. I sewed the binding by machine with the final stitching “in the ditch” from the right side.

I think the quilting looks nice especially in the right light!