My in-laws got me a stack of craft books for Christmas.  I’m going to show you one today.

Patchwork Style!  This book has been making the rounds in craft-blog-land for years as a Japanese craft book, but now it’s in English.  Japanese craft books do have super clear diagrams and beautiful photographs which make them easy enough to work from if you don’t mind using a little guess work– but being full of words with a recognizable alphabet in a language I can actually read makes this one much, much better.

I was intrigued by the way Suzuko Koseki says to piece log cabin blocks by basically foundation piecing onto your batting.  Simple, and you quilt as you go.  I tried it out with this simple project:

a patchwork pillow.  It’s a great way to use up treasured tiny scraps of favorite fabrics .

Since I only have one it keeps moving around from place to place.  If you can’t tell, I like it so much it even became my new header here.

It does need, at the very least, a partner.  My goal is to have that done in time to welcome our new couch into the house at the end of the month.  If only the IRS could be faster…