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something else to do
the cushion my husband thought I should call 'lilypad'
I asked him why and he said 'because it is green'. I mean really, *eyes rolling*.
I can see the shapes and colours somewhat resemble a lilypad but it's just not a name I want to give this cushion.
I will just call it my first English Paper Pieced Hexagon cushion, which isn't as poetic but right now I'm not in the mood for flowery language (hormones again?!) and, after all, that is what it is!
So here's my first English Paper Pieced Hexagon cushion:
This fabric was sent to me by the wonderful Amanda. I just adore Denyse Schmidt fabrics and Amanda sent me a gorgeous bundle. I picked out the greens and blues and I loved e.p.p.ing hexagons - they go together so fast! It's really nice to have some hand sewing and hand quilting to do because I can hardly sit at the sewing machine for any length of time and it's much cosier on the sofa.
I hand quilted using perle cotton around the hexies (Fluffy Sheep Quilting have some great colours!) - mostly using soft blues and greens so it wouldn't stand out too much, I did do one orange bit though, just for fun.
I chose this divine print for the back and straight line quilted it on the machine:
There is a simple white zip on the bottom and I hope this will stand up to being thrown around by the kids, although they seem to know it's something special and it has been getting lots of strokes and gentle hugs.
**If you haven't already, be sure to ENTER MY AMUSING FABRIC GIVEAWAY HERE!**
giveaway closes 15th Dec.
giveaway closes 15th Dec.
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p.s. The midwife appointment went well and things all seem fine but my iron levels have come back low again so I have to up my dosage of iron tablets - yuck! They somehow seem to make me feel even more tired than normal so I might now completely conk out!! I officially only have one more week until I am allowed to have a home birth (you have to be 37 weeks) but only if my iron levels increase. Off to blend a spinach smoothie now...
Skull Tooth Cushion
Over the weekend I finished this tooth fairy cushion that a friend had commissioned for her son. He's a little bit older and the monster one I made for his younger brother didn't quite have the cool factor he would want so I designed something a bit different.
The inspiration for the cushion came from Boo Davis' 'Basket Case' quilt in the book Dare To Be Square. I modified the skull design so it could be appliqued and made the jaw into a little pocket.
I used some gorgeous Oakshott cotton for the background and a lovely grey slightly thicker weight fabric for the back.
It was fun to design something with a little edge!
A couple of weeks ago I got to test a paper pieced pattern for Kristy of Quiet Play. If you don't already know it's Donktober this month and Erin of Missy Mac Creations has us celebrating all things Ridonkulous!!
This was quick and relatively easy to piece - I did get my colours mixed up once or twice but I'm still a beginner. Kristy suggested colouring in the paper to be sure what goes where and I will definitely do that next time I'm paper piecing.
You can get Kristy's free pattern and a brilliant tutorial HERE. I can't decide whether to make my donkey into a cushion or a pouch, what do you think?
I will be hosting Donktober this
Recently I got some wonderful post. This morning I got these fab packs of Aurifil from the lovely Alyssa at Pile O'Fabric:
I'm going to have to make something colourful to use all those lovely threads. Thank you Alyssa!
Next up was a bit of a shock to me... the incredible Amanda from A Crafty Fox had a giveaway that I didn't win!! But then she decided to randomly see who would have been chosen second... and that was me. Now I will always wonder who would be second.
She sent me this gorgeous bundle of DS because I commented that's what I love. I can't believe quite how much she sent and it's all divine! Thank you so much for your generosity as well as your curiosity Amanda :)
If you are in need of some fabric goodness hop over and take a look at her shop Westwood Acres, they have all kinds of lovelies.
As if that wasn't tempting enough Randi is having a sale on Bella over at Fresh Squeezed Fabrics!
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My poor little cat seems to be a bit under the weather so I'm taking her to the vets this afternoon - please think positive thoughts for Amber x **update - she's on antibiotics so hopefully that'll help clear up whatever is bothering her**
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