My first cushion ever, made with the square pattern from Attic24 and the border method from Compact UK, has been completed. I’m a little unsatisfied with the shape of the pillow — it’s still lumpy and misshapen looking. Maybe with some use it will work the bumps out itself? The buttons on the back aren’t quite spaced out the way I wanted them to be either, but I honestly just wanted to finish it up. Anyway, here are the pics:
So I’ve decided not to use the dark blue yarn for the back because what I tried wasn’t working. I’m going to do the same colored squares on the back but add a little opening and flap so that I can take the pillow out whenever I need to wash the cushion. Here’s what I came out with for the front:
I had to add the dark blue border to make it cover the cushion without stretching too much, and I used the tutorial from Compact UK for a crinkle-free granny border to make sure the border was, well, crinkle-free.
The back piece is coming along but I didn’t do as much today as I did yesterday. I’ve just been relaxing, not looking forward to work and school tomorrow. Why is it that the weekend is never long enough?
I’ve been working hard today and I’m excited to share my next project with you! I’m making a cushion!
As I didn’t have any extra white pillows or any white linens to make a pillow out of, I used one of my boyfriend’s huge T-shirts. It was difficult to work with knitted fabric, especially since I only have a straight stitch on my old sewing machine:
I filled the pillow with regular old Poly-Fill from Wal-Mart, and it’s ready to go (it’s quite lumpy and weird looking, but it’ll be covered up with my cushion cover anyway).
For the crocheted cushion cover, I chose these yarn colors from the Caron Simply Soft collection, again at Wal-Mart:
Aren’t they pretty? The dark blue is going to be the back side of the cover, while the other colors will be on the front. I’m using a granny square pattern written up by Lucy at Attic24, and I’m also using her tutorial for joining squares as you go to save me the trouble of putting them together at the end. Some people may think it looks a little sloppy, but I think it adds charm to certain projects like this. I also think the colors look a bit Cath Kidston-y, which is awesome since her products are my new obsession (my craft bag has unfortunately not come in yet). Anyway, here’s what I’ve done so far:
I have 2 more long rows to go and I’ll be done with the front of the cover. It’s going to be a long throw pillow, almost regular bed pillow size. Hopefully I can finish the front part of the cover tomorrow, and then get crackin’ on the back piece. Hopefully I’ll be sharing good progress soon!
The other day I saw these on Pinterest, pattern by Claire at Haken en Meer, and I had to make my own. Now before you see the pictures, I must tell you that I am a complete novice at embroidery. Just today I learned how to make french knots. My technique is terrible, but for my first try I’m pretty pumped. This is the leftover yarn from my afghan, posted previously.
Now I just have to coat the back of them with something to make them keep their shape, attach a hanging device of some sort (perhaps just a loop of yarn), and hang them up! I’m thinking in my bedroom, because there’s really nothing on the walls in there and it’s gloomy.
These are a little different than Claire’s — I used hdc for the circles instead of dc and tried to find embroidery patterns on the Internet. A few of them came from here, and the others were just Google search results.
I hope you like them! I have no idea what’s coming up soon — I’ll have to start something new! See you soon!
My flower sunburst granny square afghan is complete! Made from Berroco Vintage Chunky, it’s super heavy and thick, so I know it will be toasty (although I’ll never use this yarn for a blanket again — it’s perfect in every way except that it’s too expensive). It covers a double bed, but the picture below is taken on a queen so you can see it all flat with the cute ruffly border I added. This has been my most expensive afghan, but it might just be the one I’m most proud of, too. Here are the finished pictures.
I hope you like it as much as I do! Now off to make some tea…
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