Showing posts with label cushions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cushions. Show all posts

Thursday, June 11, 2015

...and two sweet pillows made!

Yesterday I showed you two quilts I'd completed this week, but today you can see two cushion covers I've finished. Productive, right?!

If only life was this productive more often - but then again, I do rather like quieter weeks where life just ambles along so I think I shan't wish more busyness into my life after all. New found wisdom comes to light. ;-)

The Tulip block you saw HERE is now a rectangular bed cushion...

...and the Dresden block also adorns my bed, but as a cushion of the square variety.

Until I make a matching bed runner with my leftover Flower Sugar fabrics my Wishes quilt will do rather nicely as another smattering of cheery colour!


There's a good deal of time being spent in the kitchen this week too. So far I've baked grain free cakes, a superfood breakfast slice, butter chicken in the slow cooker, roasted pumpkin & garlic for soups and salads, and a tasty treat to serve alongside coconut yoghurt was last night's stewed rhubarb & strawberries...


This afternoon I need to make more protein balls for Mr E, and an orange & cranberry grain free loaf - but I also need to clear my desk so I can sit down and write the patterns for this month's Stitchery Club designs.

I've been dragging my feet on that task because it's the least exciting bit about designing, and also because yesterday I started on three new patterns for July and my fingers just want to play with thread and avoid the keyboard.

But one must do what is needed first, so I shall make a long cool cherry & banana smoothie, roll up my sleeves and get to work.

If you'd like to join the Club and receive six really cute embroidery patterns on June 17th you'll need to do so before June 16th. Go HERE and you'll be able to see what's involved (very easy, truly)...



May the tail end of your week be very blessed and overflow with good things!
Enough said...hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go....

hugs


Monday, June 2, 2014

And then there were two...

Did you stitch the free *make do and mend* block I shared a couple of weeks ago?

Yesterday afternoon whilst recovering from a long morning of 4WD-ing along bumpy, uncharted mountain roads with Mr E, I had this idea to reduce the size of the little block even more and stitch it with a single strand of thread. 
So I did. 
The pink and green Tilda fabric used to border the original block had well and truly captured my heart so I really wanted to make good use of the small scrap of it that still remained....


This is turn led me to look through my stash for fabric that complimented the green and pink Tilda floral print because my scrap simply wasn't enough to make something with.

"Tilda, meet Nellie Hill..."



Look what they became after striking up a friendship...


Some Tilda selvedge made the perfect trim for an offcut of bamboo quilt wadding inside the needlebook...


It seemed only right to use more of the pink spotty Nellie Hill to finish my larger block and create a cushion...
The cushion is mine and the needlebook is for a friend.
What a lovely way to begin a new week!

Have a lovely one too, won't you?

hugs