Zakka Style SAL: Week 20 - Diamond Pocket Pillowcase

I have been participating in the Zakka Style sew along hosted by Lindsey at LRstitched and Sukie. The book is a great way for me to learn a lot of new techniques. This week I tackled diamonds:

Diamond pocket

Wow. most of my points matched up. That was surprising! I highly recommend using the tips from Freshly Pieced to cut the diamonds. I have very little patience cutting things out using a template. 

The instructions were pretty good this week and here is my finished pillow case:

 ...wait it is not complete without a derpy alien.

Yeah, I wasn't feeling the bear - plus I had a lot of green fleecy fabric lying around.

So...the only problem with this pillow is - i hate it. My construction was off because the hem was larger than the body of the case but besides that I think that it is just too small to really be functional. I think even kids deserve big pillows. I love the fabrics I chose and the diamond design a lot. so after much unpicking later

I turned the pillow into...

A Bag!

The bag is once again based on the lined drawstring bag tutorial from In Color Order. A seriously addicting bag to make! 

Look how cute Derpy is in the pocket. I also think the diamonds are highlighted better in the center of a bag then on the hem of a pillow.

Linking this up with LRstitched. Here's hoping I win the prize this week!