Maypole Pillow

I have my Better Together top pieced and basted but while I'm deciding how to quilt it I wanted to make something small with my Charleston scraps to test thread colors.  I picked up this cute pillow pattern during the Black Friday sale and thought it'd be perfect.  

The pattern is well written, easy to follow and very forgiving since you add oversized strips and then trim down your blocks.

Can you spot the mistake?  In my rush to get this one going I didn't label my pieces and mixed up the starting triangles.  You can see where things are just a little bit off in the middle.  I didn't notice it until I was squaring things up but my cover is actually 18"x19".  Total rookie mistake and 100% user error.  The pattern has very clear cutting instructions and I was just in too much of a hurry to check my pieces.  Since most of my house guests don't inspect the throw pillows I decided I can live with it.  

I didn't have enough backing fabric for my usual zipper install so I tried something new and used this fabulous hidden zipper tutorial by Berry Birdy.  

I used my usual binding technique since I enjoy hand tacking but I wish I'd tried her machine tacked binding technique as well just to test it out on a low stakes project.  The result looks so professional and I will definitely use this one again!

 

Quilt Stats:
Finished pillow is 18" x 19"
Pattern:  Maypole Pillow by Suzy Quilts
Fabrics: Charleston by Amy Sinibaldi for Art Gallery Fabrics. 
Batting: Quilter's Dream Orient Bamboo.
Thread: 50 wt. Aurifil in Arctic Sky (2612).