Another day, another cushion.

I'm still coughing and sputtering, but mustered enough energy last night to sit down and sew another cushion top which I finished quilting this morning. This time I used one of my Woven Slash designs, also from the Quilt Design A Day project. It may appear to be simple half-square triangle, but it isn't. There was actually a fair bit of fretting over seam placement and the best way to break up the piecing for visual impact.

I used an aqua and black shot cotton that reads as teal that I picked up at a quilt show along with solids in my stash. I love how the shot cotton adds variation to the background through the orientation of the warp and weft threads. I pieced and quilted it using an aqua 50wt Aurifil thread, 1148.  For the backing, I used one of favorite my go-to prints, Tula Pink raindrops.

When I started the #qdad exercises, I wasn't sure where they'd lead me. I wasn't even sure how committed I'd be. I told myself to be happy with three designs a week. I'm thrilled this daily exercise is turning out some amazing projects. If you'd like to grow creatively, I highly recommend giving yourself a daily exercise of some sort -- sketching, designing, painting, anything... 10-15 minutes each day.

Are you a part of daily design or creative exercise group? Has it made a difference for you?