Sunday, April 6, 2014

Another Scrappy Cushion

I sewed up the remaining trimming bits, and made another cushion today.  Sunday morning sewing.  Love it. 
My previous two posts will show how this scrappiness came about.  This time I used the brighter coloured scraps and a bright white cotton and made enough little blocks to make a 13 inch square.   Then I bordered that with a black polka dot and a few strips of  my favourite text print  I did a free motion swirly in the outer squares and left the centre plain.  Just a little straight line stitch to block it out. I did a simple meander in the text border. I used last Aurifil #50 wt in white. top and bottom. with a 90/14 Superior Titanium Topstitch needle.  I ended up with a 16" pillow. 
For the back, I used a Riley Blake chevron in two shades of green. Very yummy!  To the overlap,  I added the selvedge from the polka dot I used on the front as an added touch. 

Hope you are spending time quilting today. 

11 comments:

  1. This pillow is adorable! Love how you used a variety of quilting stitches and added such a pretty back!

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  2. Linda, you are a machine. I love the selvage detail on the back of the cushion.

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  3. Looks great Linda! Love the selvage strip on the back- I would never have thought of that!

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  4. Whoops - that last comment by Unknown was me, sorry....

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  5. I'm not sure where to start on this one. I love the "letter" fabric, I love the border fabric, you already know that I love the technique.......oh and I love, love, love the backing fabric and I love the use of the selvage. I guess it's safe to say that I LOVE this pillow.

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  6. Really great pillow Linda , such a fabulous use of scraps !

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  7. Sweet, sweet pillows - and the heading photo is soooo cute!

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  8. turned out great Linda! Love the selvage detail on the back

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  9. Love these scrappy cushions! So lovely and springy!

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