Applique Cushion Progress

I showed you last week the start of my applique cushion with the mitred corners that I have been making at the In Stitches classes.  Last night it was time to get down to the nitty gritty and put my satin stitch practice to use on those LOVE letters.

Not so shabby eh?  A wee bit wobbly in those inner circles of the 'o' and 'e' but not bad for someone so inexperienced in this technique.

Today I finished the wee hearts and flowers and added buttons for a bit of interest.  Although I wish I had had bigger buttons for those flowers, I'm pleased with the overall effect and am really excited that next week should now see the cushion finished and ready to take up residence in my little "girly" corner of the house!

I Mitre Learned Something New

Sorry for the terrible play on words, but I wanted to show you my newly acquired skill: mitred corners!

Courtesy of great teaching at Judith's class this week I now know how to make a mitred border.  As was pointed out by a fellow classmate, the technical aspect of this (technical, not difficult you understand) really appeals to my nature and I am chuffed to have another wee skill in my arsenal!

This technique even looks tidy on the back.

And, now that my beautifully mitred picture frame is ready I am playing around with my design a little so that at next week's class I am all ready to get stuck in to the applique on the cushion front.