Saturday 23 September 2017

Eclectic Blue

True blue cushion
 
Just finished and now hoping to get it in the post ASAP.
As I said the cushion is for my niece and the colour was based on a quillow made for her by my Mum. I cheekily asked for the leftovers and set to work adding in scraps of linen from my stash. Linen is a favourite for making clothes and there are always bits left over from cutting out patterns so I have quite a collection and luckily much of it is blue!

After piecing together the front, I quilted it onto a piece of cotton wadding.
There was no great plan so it was very much make it up as you go along...  

WIP
 
As the nights are drawing in, the machine quilting was mainly done in artificial light 

WIP
 
but I managed to find some daylight hours to add in some hand quilting..

True blue cushion
 
Can't believe the cheek of this little fellow who decided to take a look! 

True blue cushion
 
The blue shirt used for the reverse of the cushion actually came from my brother..her Dad.. 

True blue cushion

  So all in all it was a bit of an eclectic mix,
with a big dash of love and good luck wishes in there too.
xx
 
True blue cushion

Sunday 17 September 2017

Did I mention lavender..

Lavender bags
 
Three lavender bags smelling wonderful with the first of this years lavender. The smell has been filling my little roof space but they are packaged up now, ready as a gift for a friend.
 
lavender bags
 
 
lavender bags
 
And here they are resting on my other work in progress..
 
WIP cushion cover
 
the start of a cushion cover for a niece who is off to Uni this week. I am a bit behind really so I have given her the cushion pad to take with her and the cover will be following in the post!
 I don't know about you but making a present like this is my way of thinking about her as she sets off on a new venture.

Mini lavender bag 
 
And finally this tiny lavender bag/key ring.
You may remember me making a bunch of these last year and they have been more useful than I had anticipated so there will be a few more this year too.
 
Mini lavender bag
 
Happy sewing xx