Little Bits.....: For many years

a gift from my mother-in-law sat in the basement at the old house because I was just too lazy to repair it.
One night recently I decided to take it apart and wash the needlepoint top. The dirt that came out was shocking! It's clean now.
The backing was tattered and I had thought at one time to pitch it out, but I never did. I just held onto it.

This is the backing I found in my stash. A fat quarter of a cute print I picked up one day ~~ just because I liked it.

I auditioned it with the top and the creams were perfect.

I sandwiched it and then chose

my new cone #9002 OMNI-V for the quilting. It blended right into the fabric

and was barely visible

until I took a really, really close up shot

I did put a zipper in the back. To mark the rounded corners I had to use a Sharpie pen and my scissors to do the trimming. I marked on the pillow/needlepoint side and it didn't matter what I picked up, I could not see the lines. The Sharpie was going to be cut off so I wasn't too concerned.