Cathedral Window cushion

 Ta-Dah!!!

I've finished my cushion

and i love love love it.

I finished sewing the buttons on while watching 

TV last night, 

i think they finish it off nicely and also hide

the slightly scuwiff  joins in a few places.

I have used Tilda Fabric 

The All that is spring collection.

I love the muted tones, they are right up my street.

The buttons are also from the Tilda range.

 For the back i have used some gorgeous taupe

Clarke and Clarke spot and i actually

fitted a zip for the first time

WHOOOO!

I've always chickened out before and gone for an

envelope fold for the backs of my cushions.

I must confess i did have to unpick one side and resew it, as i did go

a little bit wonky.

It wasn't as tricky as i thought it would be,

thank god for YouTube

.

It now has pride of place on my bed.

Hubby doesn't understand why we have extra cushions

on the bed, i just tut at him an say

"because it looks pretty."

Fellas

 they have no idea!

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Patchwork cushion

Hi blogger's I'm still here.

It's been a bit hectic here with my son starting his new 

Apprenticeship and we have to get him to work at 8 in the morn,

as he's not old enough to drive yet his dad and i are his Taxi.

(Not used to getting up so early)

It's been a couple of weeks now and we

are getting into a routine.

(can't wait for him to pass his driving test though!!!)

I've been having a play with patch working and just finished

a cushion 

My little stash of material

I'm not sure what this pattern is called i saw it in a magazine

i bought from W H Smiths patch working for beginners.

In the mag they made a place mat but i wanted to 

make mine into a more practical cushion.

I also had a go a free motion quilting 

managing a loopy swirl  travelling up and down the blocks.

Gosh it's harder than you think.

I had a few practise go's before i plucked up the courage

to work on my cushion front.

A little bit scared and a 

deep breath off i went.

It turned out alright for a first go,

there are some fab patterns out there

more practise needed though.

I even had a go at making my own bias edging.

I love it

  so much so as i was wandering around blogland

and came across a fabulous pattern called

Cathedral Window 

I was desperate to try.

So as soon as i finished this cushion i was straight onto the next

and a few YouTube tutorials later off i went.

Here's a sneaky peak

I have used some Tilda fabric i picked up cheap.

I will share it properly with you when i have finished it.

THANKS

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