My attempt at making a quilted designed pillow

Hello everyone out there,

Update the pillow is done and here is how it really came out.  I did an envelope back and it really came out very nice and tight no showing of the back of the inside pillow.
Happy Crafting,
Fawna

 Hello again,
Update on my cushion. I decided to change the color of the center of my cushion from Navy blue to white. I found that it looked much brighter and that my design showed up much brighter then on the dark navy blue fabric.
I now have the front sewed together and I am ready to make the backing for the cushion. I will be doing that tomorrow. Night time now and I am done crafting for the day. I think it came out pretty good considering my quilt squares were hard to match up. Not dead nuts but looks good and has a 2d-3d appearance. I cannot wait till it is completed. When it is I will add a picture of the finished cushion.
Without further ado Here is the front of my cushion.

Hello there,
Today I am going to share with you a project that I am working on. I am trying to make a quilted design pillow/cushion. I am using a 16x16 inch pillow and I am making a cover for it. The quilt pieces that I am using are vintage at this point. They are over 25 years old. I was originally planning on making a bed quilt. I think it was for a full size bed. I started out hand cutting the pieces. Navy blue for one set of squares and white with navy blue starts for the second set of squares and it would have been alternated between the two fabrics. I had a burgundy fabric for the backing of the quilt.
I was to hand stitch all the pieces together then sew the batting/wading and back side together. I never did pick out my sash color for around the quilt. Needless to say it never did make it into this world.

Instead I have taken some of the pieces and machined sewed them together to form a frame around the center design. The center at present is a piece of the navy blue fabric that I had for the squares of the quilt. I am not sure at this point if I purchased a navy blue set of cotton cheap bed sheets and cut it up for the quilt pieces. I had made navy blue curtains from sheets for matching with the quilt.

The piece of fabric is 111/8x111/8 inches. On the diagonal top left corner to bottom right corner it is 171/8 inches. Set of squares top bottom and sides are 165/8 long both the top and the bottom. The sides are 10 inches each set left and right sides. The top pieces consist of 5 squares and the side consist of 3 squares.

The center design is created with a screen printing product call Screen Sensation. The designs are a map of a zodiac birth chart and a zodiac sign Gemini. The screen sensation product also has inks that you use to do the screen printing. I used a Pearlescent white color and a copper color on navy. In some respects I like it but then I think a white background with a dark color would be better and the design would stand out more. I could use white with navy blue ink for the birth chart and maybe gold ink for the zodiac sign. I am also planning on doing a design on the navy blue squares. Not really sure about it yet.
With that said here is a picture of my pillow top so far. I do have decide on the design for the navy blue squares and  than sew it together.  Add the back pieces of the star fabric and make the back with an envelope back opening.
Here is the front so far.

 Thank you for looking and reading if you have. If you wish to leave a comment please do.
Happy Crafting,
Fawna