Patchwork Pillow

So...I had all these little leftover silkscreened squares (for the tissue covers).

I've already made 4 covers... that's probably enough and thought I could use them in a new project ...
A patchwork pillow sounded fun...and since the scraps were 6"x5.5" I just trimmed them to 5.5" square, which when pieced together made a 16" square pillow.  I laid out my pattern...

 then stitched each stripe

making sure to iron open each seam

I sewed all three stripes, then lined up the individual 

seams and sewed the stripes together

then, just take the 16" square and sew it to a solid backing, 

insert hidden zipper in bottom seam and stuff with a pillow form.

Too cute and very nautical!