Friday 23 May 2014

Windmill Petals Cushion

I managed to get hold of a zip this week and spend a few hours finishing my practice curves block into a cushion.


I enjoyed quilting some curvy lines following the shape of the design which you can see much better on the cushion lining side above.



All this I managed to do without the aid of a seam ripper!!




I used the leftover fabric to make my backing with a lovely zipper flap.  I won't tell if you don't that I managed to stitch the backing on sideways, so although what you see here is horizontal fabrics, in reality they are sitting as a vertical closure on the back.  (The text fabric on the front does make the whole thing directional, otherwise it wouldn't have made any difference.)  But, we're not telling, so it's ok, right? ;-)


So, here she is in all her wonderful, whirly glory!  As I said before, this layout of the Drunkard's Path units was totally inspired by Angela's Sewing Summit project.  I don't know if Angela has named hers at all, I couldn't see one on her blog post, so I have decided to call this my Windmill Petals cushion thanks to Terri who said it reminded her of the sumer beach toy windmills we used to have as children.


One last pic, just for gratuitous loveliness.  (Can you tell I really like this?)

BTW - if you happen to know the name of the orange fabric print in this cushion, could you please tell me?  I have only a weeny piece left out of the half metre/yard I picked up somewhere, but I cannot remember where, and it's one of those fabrics I don't feel quite done with yet, if you know what I mean.

Well, the bank holiday weekend is upon us and I have plans for coffee and a natter with Judith, a Ruby Wedding celebration lunch with my folks and hopefully a spot of crocheting borders and two quilts to bind.  I do not have plans for cleaning, ironing or any more dreadful financial paperwork, so all is looking GOOD!!!

Enjoy your bank holiday, peeps!

14 comments:

  1. This is a lovely cushion, I can see why you want to have some more of that fabric. Your curves are fantastic. Enjoy your long weekend.

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  2. Very gorgeous! Amazingly I have no idea what the orange fabric is! Enjoy your holiday weekend :)

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  3. You've got great curves - truly! Beautiful cushion - so perfectly made.

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  4. Beautiful work Sarah. Love the windmill effect. Have a great weekend

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  5. What a fabulous cushion! Well done! Have a great weekend. We're migrating northwards at some point over the next few days so hope to see you soon. :)

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  6. Lovely and gorgeous color! I need to practice the zipper flap. I really like this closure. No cleaning planed here to but lots of activities ... and a BBQ so hopefully the weather is nice

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  7. I'm in love with your gorgeous cushion. And hooray for coffee and nattering! Jxo

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  8. Your cushion is gorgeous! I love the colours :)

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  9. a lovely cushion, sorry can not help re the fabric, best of luck tracking it down can see why you want more.

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  10. Well done you! Love that cushion and what a great way to spend a B.H weekend.. Which reminds me, must get back to my sewing too.

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  11. I have a piece of that orange fabric myself so I checked the selvage. It's from Riley Blake, and the line is called Avignon, by Emily Taylor. You can see the whole line here: http://www.rileyblakedesigns.com/media/uploads/Printable_Fabric_Swatches/2012/RBD_Avignon.pdf. Your print is Orange Damask.

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  12. Lovin all of it, the fabric, your perfectly sewn curves (jel, jel, Jel) the lovely combination of colours. A superb cushion, enjoy your weekend, I wont be cleaning either if I can help it :)

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  13. Love this cushion. I hope there has been no cleaning or ironing this weekend

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