Dog's bed from old cords

 

I made a peace of patchwork fabric from old cords a year ago now posted here. It was going to be a curtain but just never quite made it.

 

Then I needed a new cover for the dog's bed and it seemed like the perfect thing.
 

 

 I liked it so much that I made a second for my friend's dog too for christmas..

 

 

It is made up of a simple rectangular bag with four ties to secure the opening.

I fill ours with half an old duvet (literally just cut in half and stuffed in although I'm sure it would be neater to sew it up)!

  

 

 

A cosy dog's bed and a happy dog especially if it's put it in a sunny spot or in front of the fire.
 

Streetwise cushion.

The second part of the elephant's load was this cushion.
 

 

It is now sitting on our sofa and won't be going anywhere.

The front was yet more scraps from the Rowan fabrics I bought recently mixed with some plains, and surrounded by some houses that I can't for the life of me remember where they came from or what make they are! Sorry.

The central patch was quilted by hand (mainly in the ditch) and the border by machine in a pebble style (probably not the technical term but you know what I mean).

 

The reverse was pieced from some bits of cord left over from another project soon to be revealed.

They were a collection of old cord trousers given to me by Mum. I used an old zip instead of overlapping the reverse panels as I ususally do, as the cord was a bit thick for this.

 

As it turns out, I think I like the reverse as much as the front so I can always turn it over when it gets grubby!

An elephant's load: pin cushion, jolly molly and cushion.

 

A few more gifts to share now that they have been given.

 

Firstly a pin cushion.

I've made various pincushions over the years but this type is one of my favourite both to make and to use. It's just a simple square made from cotton scraps, backed with a piece of recycled shirt and stuffed with toy stuffing. 

 

 

The front was made sort of log cabin style with some added side panels.
Central fabric is Kaffe Fassett Roman Glass Leafy, which I bought from The Cotton Patch.
 

 

I added a little penguin tab for decoration/interest.

 

I have a pin cushion like this of my own and regularly find my pins mysteriously arranged in various patterns according to colour and shape as well as being infuriatingly   endearingly pushed down so that only the head is visible.

 

Can't think who does that !!