Super Hero Cushions

I wanted to make a cushion for my daughter's boyfriend for his birthday.  He loves Marvel Comics so I searched on Ebay and found a seller selling some lovely colourful Marvel fabric.  I also bought some plain black cotton to go with it.

When the fabric came I had a look at it and found that there were three nice bits I could cut out as panels to make fronts so decided I would make up three cushions, one for the boyfriend and two extra for my shop. 

I cut out three 12 inch pieces out of the fabric and then cut some 3 inch strips from the black fabric and stitched them around the outside as a border.  This made the front of the cushion.  The back of the cushion has a 12 inch square of black cotton with a star appliqued on it, then a thin border of the comic fabric and then 3 inch strips sewn around to make it the same size as the front.  I put a zipper in the bottom to close it.

More Mother's Day Cushions

I finally braved the cold today, put on numerous layers of clothing and went up to do some sewing.  It was driving me mad not being able to get on with it.  I am glad I did as I finished off three cushions for my shop.

They are all similar using the gorgeous fabrics I got in the sale the other day.  Each one has one of my embroidered pansies on one side and "The Best Mum In All The World" embroidered on the back.

Cushion 1

Cushion 2

Cushion 3

New Additions To My Stash Of Fabrics

I went to the fabric shop in Rochester this morning (Hometown) as she was having a sale and I bought some lovely fabrics.

Four pieces are full metres and the other three are FQs.  I am going to use them to make some more Mother's Day cushions.

I also got some fabric given to my by my Sister-In-Law.

This orange stripey feels like a linen kind of fabric, and there are a couple of metres of it.  I said originally I would make bags from it but not sure yet.

This white and black one is like a crepe kind of fabric with a stretch to it and it will make a lovely top of some kind.

The next three are all to make tops out of as well.  I would like to get some plain white stretchy stuff to use as a lining for them so will be having a look round for something nice and cheap.

Mother's Day Cushion

I made this cushion this afternoon for my shop, using one of the pansies that I had embroidered.  I pinned it onto a square of fabric in the centre then added some other fabrics around the outside in a crazy patchwork style.  I added some lace and did a bit of machine embroidery to add a bit of extra detail.

On the back of the cushion is a saying for Mother's Day.

If my Mum was still alive I am sure she would have loved this cushion.

Pansies

I decided to have a go at using the embroidery threads I got in my bargain bag the other day.  There was a half done embroidery already in the bag which was a picture of some pansies and there was a pattern the person had been following which looked like it had been cut from a magazine.  There was a nice large colour photo on one side showing you what the pansies should look like when finished.  On the piece of fabric that had been started there were quite a few pansies that hadn't yet been touched and you had the outline of the flower and petals clearly showing.

I copied one of the flower shapes onto a small piece of cotton that was originally a tablecloth and then used the colour photo to help me work out how to embroider it.  I didn't copy it exactly, I used my own colour schemes.  Here are some photos of the finished pansies.

I am going to cut the outer bit into squares and use them as patches for some patchwork cushions I want to make.

Another Pretty Kindle case

I have listed another Kindle case on my shop this afternoon.  This one was what I originally made for my niece but it was the wrong size as she has the Kindle with the keyboard on it and this one fits the new Kindle which doesn't have the keyboard.

Two New Cushions Added To My Shop

I finished off two new cushions for my shop today.

The first is this flower cushion.  The flowers are appliqued onto a patchwork background and then I have embroidered over the top and added some beads and sequins for decoration.

The second is a different novel idea I thought of.  It is a cushion with a secret compartment inside for storing things like letters or a secret diary which would be great for a teenager.

I used a cotton fabric with horses on for the front panel and added a border in a contrasting brick red cotton.  Then I used a thick upholstery fabric for the outer edge and the back.  The cushion pad fits inside where there is another sipped pouch so that when you have put your secrets inside you can turn the cushion over and it would look like a normal cushion.