The wheel is slowly turning....

Its that time of the week again when I ramble on my blog, its also pancake day what a Brucie bonus, unfortunately we decided to test our pancake making skills last night and I think I overdid it on the banana pancakes and nutella (bloody good though) so may give them a miss tonight!

I thought I had finally finished my daughters bunk bed curtain so I hung it up and realised half of it looked totally empty so not wanting to be half a job Bob I took it down and now need to fill the mass of empty space. By the way those of you thinking this may turn out to be some major work of crafting magic.........DON'T you will be hugely disappointed, its only taken so long because its one of those jobs that's always being passed over for something else. Hopefully one day very soon though I will finish it, be proud and feel a crafty weight lifted from my shoulders, having said that my most demanding customer and critic (my 4yr old) has put in specific orders for seat cushions and giant floor cushions so be prepared for more of my everlasting projects!

Fast Forward............
I wrote the latter this morning to finish this evening and in that space of time I have SURPASSED MYSELF COMPLETELY!!!!

The said seat cushions that my daughter demanded of me are finished, I actually stopped thinking about what to do and just did it for a change and I managed to make a pair of cushions from start to finish in about an hour!!! (for me this is astounding)

I was so proud I had to take pictures on my phone and show a (completely bewildered) friend. But don't look too closely the applique is fairly squiffy I made my first attempt at machine applique ...... and hats off to you crafters it will definitely need practise!

well that turned into a monster blog apologies.
Lesson of the week - stop thinking so much about it JUST DO IT!!

p.s do not follow that advice if what your thinking about is dumb or illegal my blogs do not stand up in court as self defence.

Envelope cushion cover tutorial

I said on my facebook page about a million weeks ago that I would be putting a cushion tutorial on here and FINALLY here it is.


Obviously I meant to keep you waiting to build up your excitement (I made cushion and forgot to take photo's of the stages) but now I think you've waited long enough.


My cover was for a cushion insert that was 18x18 inches but I've tried to explain so you can easily adapt to fit whichever size you need, the measurements include your seam allowance!
Lets go....


You will need:
Fabric (I used different for front and back)
Sewing machine
Thread
Pins
Scissors or rotary cutter and Matt
A cushion insert

I like to use separate fabric for the front because you can get awesome panels or fat quarters and use them.
 The front piece needs to be 1 inch bigger than your cushion all round so for my 18"x 18" cushion my fabric needs to be 19"x 19" (you want the fabric to be snug round the pillow/cushion but not so tight its half bursting out).
For the back piece you want the width to be an inch bigger than the cushion as before but you want to add 5 inches to the length, so for my cushion the back piece will be 19"x 23".

Take your BACK piece, find the middle and cut in half!

OK now we want to hem one long side on each of these, this will be the opening on the back.
Fold about a quarter of an inch over and press, then fold over again, press, pin and sew!

Take your FRONT piece and lie down right side facing UP then line up your BACK pieces on top right sides facing DOWN overlapping your hems.

Pin these all the way around and sew, you don't need to leave an opening because you already have a great big one on the back! (don't forget to trim your corners so they turn out nicely).

Now simply turn the right way out and pop your cushion in! BA DA BING!!

I hope you found that helpful and easy to follow, I'd love your constructive feedback and if you would like one made just ask, Ciao for now x