I have been putting off sewing 6 cushion covers for our new couch for 5 weeks - and finally in the final week of school holidays it was time. There was to be NO more procrastination! I used fabrics from
IKEA (PS screen printed spots),
Umbrella Prints (sweet teal elephants), natural seeded cotton drill and ruby red linen ($2.00 a meter from Spotlight - woot!). I decided that those gorgeous white spots on the IKEA fabric would be too spread too far apart so I pinned two random pleats at intervals and sewed along
I watched
this (whilst being impressed by a male sewing) and read
this to learn the quickest and most practical way to sew in a zipper... and when I manage to buy the correct
invisible zippers next time I will be sure to read
this.
I am feeling pretty chuffed with myself, and The Boy even approves.. and LIKES!.. which doesn't happen often.
In a few days I will post some photos of
our lounge room re-decorate, with spiffy new cushions in tow. Do pop back to
Kristy's to see more making!
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Oh I love Umbrella Prints fabric! Amy is so talented. :) I'm hoping she might consider printing on to lighter fabrics this year so I can use her prints for clothing rather than furnishings.
ReplyDeleteYou should be feeling very pleased with yourself, they are all quite stunning & gorgeous piled up like that! How clever you are, I love the pin tucks especially..
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!! I could always do with more cushions, I really think they can make a place!
ReplyDeleteLove the new spiffy cushions and especially the pleats , clever !
ReplyDeleteTracey they look awesome and I can't wait to see the pics of them in-situ!
ReplyDeleteThese look fantastic. How funny, I bought the same Ikea PS fabric on the weekend and I'm still not sure what to do with it - which is what I just wrote about on my creative space before coming across your post!
ReplyDeletethey look super, and even better about the boy liking them.
ReplyDeleteThey look great and I love your selection of fabrics....I have been meaning to sew some covers myself for months now, seeing how gorgeous yours are has given me the motivation to get them started :)
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