Wednesday, January 26, 2011

my creative space

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!

8 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. You 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..

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  3. Beautiful!!! I could always do with more cushions, I really think they can make a place!

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  4. Love the new spiffy cushions and especially the pleats , clever !

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  5. Tracey they look awesome and I can't wait to see the pics of them in-situ!

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  6. These 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!

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  7. they look super, and even better about the boy liking them.

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  8. They 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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