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.