Sunday 15 April 2012

Frances' birthday cushion

It was Frances' birthday yesterday so I bought her a sewing book, since she's the latest recruit to the awesomeness that is sewing, and made her this cushion. I already had everything I needed to make the cushion, which was amazing because I have no time to go shopping now finals are only 8 weeks away.

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It's wool tartan (Laura Ashley off-cuts donchaknow) with a red velveteen bow and it fastens with a zip that is just a little bit too small, I didn't have one the right size in my stash and I didn't have time to buy another one as I'm terminally disorganised.

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It's so satisfying to see something that's been sat in your stash for years, become something pretty to give to a friend.

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I also made another card inspired by the lovely Beautiful Mess tutorial I linked to in that post. This time I went for rectangles, rather than hearts, and I'm pleased with how it turned out. I used pink thread on the opposite side, so it looked a bit funky when you opened the card. I could stick some pretty paper over the back though, to make it look more professional, though I quite like how the stitching looks to be honest.

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I'd like to make sets of these as presents in the future.

1 comment:

M-J said...

wow, this cushion looks so professional! Well done you! another great stash buster too. I've been sewing this weekend too, used some of the felt you gave me, I'll be blogging what I made this week so you can see. xx