More Autumn CQ Pillow Details

I finally finished - for REAL this time - my autumn CQ pillow. Because it's being entered into a contest, I won't be publishing a full picture of it until November. But in the meantime, I thought I'd share some of my favorite details.

Mr. Squirrel's "nuts" are just some sort of wooden bead, but his tail is real mink!!

My dear friend Gerry sent me some red fabric with shirred "puffs" that reminded me of.... a dahlia! So, I decided to make a dahlia and add it to this piece. All I did was stuff one of the puffs with a tiny bit of fiberfill, cut out puffs in roughly the shape of a circle around it, and stitched it down.

I was pleased with how this wheat turned out.