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Quilted eye pillow by Linda Theil by Linda Theil I always thought eye pillows were only for Thirties-era starlets until I learned in yoga class how nice a weighted eye pillow feels when you are resting. For this eye pillow that I made, I used an old worn sheet that I love, but you can use any soft scrap you have available. Old flannel p.j.s would make nice eye-pillows. An eye pillow is also a warmhearted gift for travelers and visitors. You can download a printable PDF file for the "Eye-pillow pattern 2016"  by clicking on the link. Or you can draw your own pattern using the drawing shown here. Each block should be 1/4-inch. To make an eye pillow, you will need: 4 pieces of fabric 11-inches wide by 5.5-inches high 1 piece of cotton batting 10-inches wide by 4.5-inches high one elastic hairband, available in drug stores one cup buckwheat hulls or rice Cut one eye-pillow piece from cotton batting, do not add seam allowances to pattern piece. (Use sol...

Tulip block from Moda Bakeshop I love this little tulip block from Moda's Bake Shop . You need scraps of a tulip fabric, background fabric, and a leaf fabric -- plus any fabrics you want for borders. For the tulip and background, I used fabrics from the Strawberry Fields Revisited line by Fig Tree Co. for Moda. I used strips of the background fabric for the first border, as instructed in the Moda how-to. All seams are stitched with fabric right-sides-together with a 1/4-inch seam allowance and using a 1/4-inch presser foot with 1/4-inch seam guide. Composition of the pieces for the tulip. To construct the block, you will need: One scant 3" square of leaf fabric Three 2.5" squares of background fabric Two scant 3-inch squares of background fabric One 1.5" square of background fabric One 1.5 x 2.5" rectangle of background fabric One scant 3" square of tulip fabric One 2.5" square of tulip fabric One 1.5" square of tulip...