I bought one of those giant 'European' pillows from IKEA the other day and, since I didn't have any pillowcases to fit it, decided to make one out of patchwork. Partly because I like the look of patchwork and partly because I have loads of material scraps lying around - too small to make anything out of, too big to throw away.
A proper, skilled quilting person would undoubtedly be appalled by my patchworking skills, which can only be described as 'shoddy'. None of my corners line up (I didn't bother to measure my seams properly) the colours don't match and it's not lined. But heck! I think it still looks good, and this way it took me an afternoon rather than a couple of days. For me, any project that takes longer than that usually gets abandoned. As a lazy, slipshod person I reserve the right to keep lazy, slipshod pillowcases.
When I was taking photos of the end results my cats decided they would kindly pose on the pillow to demonstrate its comfort. The black one is Gink and the smaller one Helix.
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