Pillow Swap # 7

There is a group on Flickr that I stumbled upon back in October 2010 and it was a quilted pillow swap, the call itThe Pillow Talk Swap.  I have been so lucky to participate in this swap four times now

Here is the first one
the second one
the third one

and now the fourth one, completed today and has to be mailed by March 12th.

I did some sketching and looked at my partner's mosiac.  My thoughts and sketch incorporated a Dresden Plate block and I went in search of a good block tutorial for this pattern, I found Oh, Fransson's tutorial on Sew Mama Sew.  Let me tell you, that is the best tutorial, my block came out perfectly and was so easy to construct.

Here is the front of the pillow

Close-up of quilting, decorative stitching and rick-rack

I try to do something on the back, so the pillow can be turned aournd, this time just some straight patchwork and buttons to hold it closed.

I hope my partner likes it.