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I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date! No time to say hello, goodbye, I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!! I’ve loved those lines from Alyce in Wonderland ever since I first read it as a child. I’m very sorry that I’m late with I Quilt linky this week, I’ve been super busy quilting, but I do hope you link up your quilty process 
Over the past week I have finished a couple of quilts
Starry Skies class sample. I love this version more than the original!!
quilted a few others
Carpentar’s Star quilt by Tracy
taught machine binding at Canberra Quilters Modern Interest Group and handed over a a number of class samples (come join me if you’re local!).
Sorry for the terrible iPhone photo, totally out of focus but exciting to see my work hanging in store at Hobbysew Belconnen
I have been pondering my business, how to manage competing deadlines (every second enquiry I get is from someone who needs their quilt quilted yesterday), how to best get my name out there, how to ensure that I continue to get to do fun stuff and enjoy this quilty gig and when to say no. This whole quilty thing is a continual learning process. I feel like I’m good at what I do but there is still so much to learn and achieve!
Improv LV cushion secret Birthday swap gift for Ms Midge
I also had two quilts on display for the first time at a local show which was super exciting. I was lucky enough to get to help hang many of the quilts in the show and learnt so much from that experience. Plus it was a heap of fun!
Me with my quilt hanging in the Queanbeyan Quilter’s Biennial Show
So that’s why I’m a little late with the linky party 
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I did ask the lovely Nadel and Falzbein if I could feature a few of her photos but didn’t hear back. Even without photos of her amazing work I strongly encourage you to pop over to her blog and check out her work. Her yellow and white chevron quilt last week just made my day! It’s beautiful!!! It looks like she is moving her blog, so head over and visit her new site here She has a google translate button on the right hand side, but the quilty candy is delightful even without the words
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So that’s it folks! Please link up your quilty process xx
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Welcome to Pretty Bobbins! I’m stop number two on the Cushion for Christmas bloghop and today I’m sharing a QAYG cushion tutorial. The lovely Ms Midge came up with the great idea to feature cushions that can be made in a day – the ideal Christmas gift! Speaking of Ms Midge, I’m pretty sure she is freaking out right about now as my modem died over night and I have been offline for over 24 hours leading up to my stop on the hop… Amazing how long the battery lasts on my iPad when there is no wifi in the house
I am sharing a cushion that I made yesterday morning. I didn’t time myself but I started after breakfast and finished before lunch, so it is definitely do-able in a day I am familiar with the techniques though, so it might take a beginner a bit longer I find the key to the Quilt As You Go (QAYG) method is to be organised. I set up my machine, ironing station, cutting mat and fabrics (in order) within reaching distance. I used a 16″ cushion insert. I pieced together cotton wadding and cut backing both at 18″ square.
Now my QAYG cushion is technically not QAYG as I didn’t quilt the sections other than to sew them in place. Usually with QAYG you will sew your strip down as I describe below, flip it right side up, then quilt it in place. I have done this and it does look rather lovely but I find it to be an unreasonably time consuming and thread hungry method. So I cheat a little Below you can see a lovely QAYG iPad pouch I made last year. I keep meaning to FMQ over a cushion that I’ve made using my cheats QAYG method but I always love the end result too much to add any extra quilting The choice is yours
I started with a reasonable sized scrap off center and then added a piece that covered the width and over hang 1/4″ each side. I cut all my pieces 1.5″ wide and worked out the length as I went along. The key being to ensure that each piece overhangs by 1/4″ at both ends.
I used my walking foot which has 1/4″ marked on it and I secured my stitches by going back and forth a few times at each end. I didn’t use any pins, I just lay my wadding on my backing and they stayed in place while I was working. After sewing each strip in place I trimmed back any overhang from the previous piece to the 1/4″ seam allowance. After trimming I ironed the most recent piece flat. Ironing after adding each strip will give you the best outcome.
I was trying to be clever with colour and laid all of my prints out in order and then checked as I went along. I didn’t quite get the affect that I was aiming for but I’m still really happy with the cushion.
After finishing the teals I laid out the purples. So pretty
I found it easiest to use my ruler to measure the required size of the next strip. You need to ensure that you strip has 1/4″ seam allowance from any raw edges.
In the above example the strip would need to be 7.25″ x 1.5″
I started to fall in love with this cushion when I was about half way through adding the purples
There’s something about pink that I love. In hindsight I should have gone teal, pink then purple but in the end I added the pinks starting from light to dark (both purple and teal were added lightest to darkest).
I realised after adding a few pinks that I didn’t have enough to continue with only 1.5″ strips so I laid out my remaining pieces to finalised the placement. I started with an 18″ square piece with the intention of a finished 15″ cushion cover.
After adding all of my pins I trimmed back my mini to 16″ (width) x 17″ (height) and cut a backing piece the same size.
I decided on a zipper closure in the bottom seam and I always like to add an extra inch for this purpose. I don’t have access to my overlocker/serger at the moment so I used a flatlock stitch on my sewing machine along the bottom edge (17″ edge – important if your prints are directional).
Lay both your backing fabric and mini right sides together and stitch 1/2″ in from the edge. This will be where you insert your zipper. You want approximately 1.5″ at both ends in your normal stitch length and the area in between in the longest stitch length possible. You can sew these three areas separately, but I’m lazy and just secure my stitches and adjust my stitch length without trimming
After timming your threads press the seam open. Because we’re making a cushion cover that involves quilting I always fuss with the pressing. You want a nice straight and flat seam
Select a zipper longer that the width of your cushion (I think I used a 21″ zipper) and pin in place so that the teeth are ligned up to where the front and backing meet. I use pins to remind me where my basting stitches begin/end. Grab your zipper foot and sew your zipper in place. Don’t forget to make sure that the tab is within the sewn area. I cross over the zipper just outside of the basting stitches and sew back and forth a few times.
Trim your zipper ends and secure with a few stitches. Next you want to grab your seam ripper and carefully rip out those basting stitches. I usually use tweezer to grab the tiny threads left afterwards.
Then you want to sew your cushion cover together. Make sure you leave the zipper open so that you can turn it right side out. I like to use a 1/4″ seam allowance, first with a straight stitch and then with the serger or a zigzag stitch to prevent fraying.
Et voila! You have a brand new cushion ready for Christmas!
I used a lovely Kate Spain fat quarter (from her line Good Fortune) for the back. LOVE.
I hope you have found my tutorial helpful. For me, as always, this was an exercise in colour play as much as it was in quilting and whilst I didn’t end up with exactly the affect I was after, I do love it In case you’re wondering, yes, it will be a Christmas present for a very special friend
Don’t forget to head over to Ms Midge on the 14th of December to link up your cushions. You can find all of the details here and links to the other fabulous bloggers below. I can’t wait to see what everyone has been up to!
Sunday 1st December – Ms Midge
Tuesday 3rd December – Kristy at Quiet Play
& Ms Midge
Wednesday 4th December – Joshua at Molli Sparkles
Thursday 5th December -Rachel at Little White Dove
Friday 6th December – Fiona at Finding Fifth
Saturday 7th December – Abby at Things For Boys
Sunday 8th December – Lauren at Molly & Mama Makes
Monday 9th December – Jodi at Tickle & Hide
Tuesday 10th December – Adrianne at On The Windy Side
& Ms Midge
Wednesday 11th December – Alyce at Blossom Heart Quilts
Thursday 12th December – Gina at Party of Eight
Friday 13th December – Jane at Quilt Jane
Saturday 14th December – Round up of Blog Hop and link up YOUR projects at Ms Midge!
Wednesday 18th December – Winners Announced at Ms Midge!
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Let the cushion madness begin!
It’s the 25th of November and in case you needed reminding, Christmas is just around the corner!!!! Eeeek! I’m joining the wonderful Ms Midge and a host of other talented bloggers in December for the “A Cushion For Christmas” blog hop. You may have noticed that I have a thing for cushions (or pillows, depending on where you live in the world. I’m talking the decorative type, not the ones you sleep on.) and I’m really excited to see what everyone comes up with.
A few of my all time favourite cushions that I’ve made <3
Ms Midge will be kicking off on December 1st followed by little old me on the 2nd. You can see the full schedule below and Midge has promised to post tips and tutorials during the hop to get you started. There will also be a linky party and some fun prizes at the end!
I can’t wait to decorate my new house with these pretties! I miss them…
If you’d like to join in, you can find the code for the button at Ms Midge and feel free to add it to your blog sidebar. If you don’t have a blog you can join in by emailing your finished projects to Ms Midge (details on her blog). There is also a Flickr group for you to join HERE.
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Sunday 1st December – Midge at Ms Midge
Tuesday 3rd December – Kristy at Quiet Play
Wednesday 4th December – Joshua at Molli Sparkles
Thursday 5th December – Alyce at Blossom Heart Quilts
Friday 6th December – Fiona at Finding Fifth
Saturday 7th December – Abby at Things For Boys
Sunday 8th December – Lauren at Molly & Mama Makes
Monday 9th December – Jodi at Tickle & Hide
Tuesday 10th December – Adrianne at On The Windy Side
Wednesday 11th December – Rachel at Little White Dove
Thursday 12th December – Gina at Party of Eight
Friday 13th December – Jane at Quilt Jane
Saturday 14th December – Round up of Blog Hop and link up YOUR projects at Ms Midge!
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Now I have to get back to my moving lists and then get onto making my cushion. I’m going to be focussing on fun colours and the Quilt As You Go (QAYG) technique <3
I’ll concede that you’re probably going to get tired of my countdown until our move, but it’s what is taking up all of my brain space right now and the shipping container arrives in less than two weeks! Of course top priority is to get sewing projects finished… I may be a master at the art of procrastination… It seemed very important to tackle some dense quilting today… But let’s ignore that and look at some progress photos
I finally put together a top using my bee blocks from QCA Bee1. To be honest it was a challenge. The quilt is for my friend who is very special to me but has a difficult life. She lives in a shack without electricity or running water and I will be very sad to say goodbye when we leave Nouméa. I really want to give her something special and I had the idea that bee blocks would be great as they were from a group of Australian women and I thought she would love that idea I had to fix quite a few of the blocks and some of the prints were really not so awesome, it really took the wind out of my sails. The whole experience was a lesson for me. I’m not sure I’m suited to traditional bees. I should have said I wanted modern prints (I just assumed which is silly). If I think about it I generally don’t sew traditional blocks so being part of a traditional bee, whilst fun, isn’t really me. Anyway, I’m super happy with how it all came together in the end. I spent hours auditioning fabrics and thinking it over and then I remember there dark grey print with the bright birds on it. I actually pieced it to get the length that I needed but I liked the look so much that I pieced both sides. I can’t wait to see how the quilting pulls this baby together. I’m thinking I might use a fun teal thread And just so you know, I am glad that I have been in the bee and I have learnt a lot from it I don’t mean to sound whingy, it was just disappointing to find a block with holes in it and other blocks with seam allowances so small that I had to resew them or there would have been holes after the first wash. But enough from me, I love it and I know my friend will too
It would appear that it is birthday season and I’m therefore on a cushion/pillow making crusade. First up is a superhero quilted cover for Isaia.
My eldest son turned seven today and whilst his Mummy made gift is a day late I’m sure he is going to love it
You could say that I like free motion quilting ;)
The above panel is only 13″ x 16″ so the dense quilting was kinda insane, especially black on black where I had to sort of feel the thread as I couldn’t see it very well.
Super tricky to see and I probably should have changed to the open toe…
Next up will be a princess cushion cover, but I’ve only cut the front panel so far, must get cracking!!
I’m linking up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced Tomorrow I will be talking about thread issues and free motion quilting. I’d love you to pop back and link up your quilting process <3 If you have any questions you’d like me to (try and) answer please let me know
Put your hand up if sewing is your therapy This week is selfish sewing week and I totally needed to make myself some pretties to feel better. Yesterday I turned my quilt as you go (QAYG) mini into a cushion. I didn’t quilt it at all as I just wanted the colours to show. Isn’t she pretty?
QAYG selfish cushion
Because it’s selfish sewing week I decided to use one of my favourite prints on the back. I’m worth it dammit.
Because it’s Selfish Sewing Week I used a special print just for me!
As much as my daughter loves this cushion I managed to snaffle it for myself and I love how it looks on my bed.
I used some favourite scraps and LOVE how it turned out!
This morning I really needed some sewing therapy; look good, feel good, right? I pulled out the last of my Nottinghill voile yardage and grabbed a dress that I love but is a little too small. I managed to kind of figure out the measurements and set about making myself a dress.
Nottinghill voile halterneck dress
Big love to the folk on IG who gave me some honest feedback that the boobs were baggy so I spent a good hour adding darts and trimming. In hindsight I think the issue is probably that I joined the skirt to the bodice too low. I think the dress would have a better shape if the elastic casing was just below the bust rather than at waist height. Anyway, I got on with it, hemmed her (I love a good blind hem!), added a contrasting sash and decided that if it feels good it looks good
You will notice there is one spot and one spot only in my yard suitable for photos LOL
I’m not generally one for a halterneck and I actually prefer this dress with the straps hanging long rather than tied in a bow. It will be nice and cool on our hot summer days anyway
Summer here I come!
And the all important details I use Aurifil 50wt for dressmaking, in fact I use it for everything! I do need to start growing my Aurifil stash again, at the moment I’m getting by with about 20 spools. The cushion is 20″ square with wool wadding, has a concealed zipper closure in the bottom seam and is backed with an old Alexander Henry print, African Butterflies. I bought the Nottinghill voile at Pink Chalk fabrics and 3 yards got me both a Washi dress and this halterneck dress (I’m stingy LOL).
I’m linking up to TGIFF over at Cherry Valley Designs for my cushion (it’s a mini quilt!) and Selfish Sewing Week because this week it’s all about me!
If you’ve read this far you probably already know, but don’t forget that I’m starting my quilty linky party here at Pretty Bobbins from next Thursday. You can read more about it here.
Not only is August over but it’s already the 4th of September here in Nouméa! August was a big month for me which ended with a double birthday party for two of my children. I know I probably shouldn’t reinforce gender stereotypes but I must say that I really enjoyed making a princess cake and seeing all the little girls dressed up as princesses. I wouldn’t be lying if I said I put my own princess dress on LOL Of course my biggest finish for August was my daughter’s princess quilt. You can read more about it here
Princess Quilt
I can’t forget the Celebration Quilt that I made with my Wombat Stew bee blocks. LOVE!!! And it made the perfect backdrop at the party
Celebrate Quilt
As always there were lots of cushions completed in August. I seriously have a thing for quilted cushion covers. Fun!!
Clockwise from top left: Mr 5′s birthday cushion, two quilted cushions (not blogged yet), Curvy Quilted Cushion Cover, Victoire’s birthday cushion, Gaéton’s birthday cushion, sweet pouch swap (not yet blogged).
I am linking up rather late to Fresh Sewing Day at Lily’s Quilts. Did you have a super productive August? I’m hoping the productivity will continue in September despite packing up the house… Wishful thinking LOL
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Hurrah for August! I’m celebrating one last time by giving away a quilted curvy cushion cover. I shouldn’t really be celebrating as August is nearly over and I still need to complete my bee blocks and prepare for a double birthday party this weekend…
Improv curvey quilted cushion cover
As a final celebration of August I’m giving away this 15″ cushion/pillow cover (insert not included) that I made yesterday. As always I used my lovely Aurifil threads (2810 and 2605 in 50wt) and had a lot of fun free motion quilting on my Bernina 440QE. The grey is kona steel and the prints are some favourites that are fast becoming scraps! This giveaway is to say thank you to all of you lovely readers here on the blog and the wonderful bunch over on Instagram. Whilst Instagram is definitely dampening my blogging mojo somewhat I really encourage you to give it a try if you haven’t. There is so much inspiration and a really nice quilty/crafty community.
I used nearly the last of a favourite print on the back
Just leave me a comment letting me know why you like to read my blog (or follow me on Facebook or Instagram). As I’ve mentioned before I have a dream to turn Pretty Bobbins into a business quilting for other people whilst continuing to make quilts for family, friends and for sale. Being online is a big part of what I do, I love the social interaction with other crafty types. I love meeting like minded people all over the world. As much as my blog is a place for me to share my makes with you, I also want to make sure that I’m actually sharing things that interest you. There are lots of posts that I’ve hesitated about writing because they were too wordy, I was worried I’m not qualified/an expert or I just didn’t think it was a good fit. I would love it if you could tell me what keeps you coming back. The pretty quilts? The visual inspiration? The posts about colour or process? The tutorials? Is there something that I’m not blogging about that you would like to see or something that I could do better?
A simple zippered closure so you can feature the front or back (but I hope you like the front enough to show!) :)
I don’t talk about myself very often so I’ve decided to share a few things about myself today Feel free to just scroll down and enter the giveaway
I’m an only child who has three children and an incredibly patient and supportive husband. I have crazy hair, I’m forgetful, I always try to do too many things at once and I never knew what I wanted to do until I started quilting. Now I get anxious at the thought of not realising my dream of being a full time quilter.
It’s seriously hard to giveaway a cushion cover that looks so good on my sofa! ;)
I speak four languages (English, French, Indonesian and Mandarin) but my Mandarin is pretty basic these days. I always wanted to live overseas but now that I’ve done it a couple of times I’ve realised that actually I love holidays overseas. I’m a homebody who needs a haven in the suburbs and a job that gives me time with my family.
I don’t remember learning to sew, but my Mum, Grandma and Aunt all sewed and I was always around sewing growing up. My Aunt is the only other quilter in my family but we have very different styles (her quilts are beautiful!).
Quilting detail up close
Whilst I’m not one for pigeon holes, I would put myself in the “modern quilter” camp. I love colour, creativity and improvisation. I LOVE to quilt. I am much better at drawing with my sewing machine than with a pencil and paper! I’m a perfectionist and I love the absolute perfection and micromanagement that is part of piecing. Free motion quilting and improv curves make me happy. I crave simplicity. I want a vegie patch and chickens and I want to quilt day after day after day.
So there you go That’s me in a nutshell (and now I have Austin Power’s nemisis in my head crying “help! I’m in a nutshell” LOL)
Improv curvey quilted 15″ pillow cover
If you’d like to be in the running please leave me a comment letting me know why you like to read my blog/instagram/facebook or what else you would like to see me post about. If you follow me on Instagram you can have a second entry over there, just share the photo that I’ll load shortly with the hashtag #prettybobbinsgiveaway and tag me I will combine the number of entries with blog comments first, ie. 1-50 then followed by IG comments in order ie. 51-90. The giveaway will be open until midnight AEST (Sydney time) Saturday 31st August. I will use random.org to draw a winner and announce it on Monday 2nd September. Please leave your email address (if the winner is on IG I will tag you there) so I can contact you.
This giveaway is open wordwide (it’s for the cushion/pillow cover only).
Good luck and thanks for supporting me on this creative journey xxx
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THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED
So last week was slightly crazy. Two of my babies had birthdays and we had the removals company come over to start the process of our return to Australia. I have done a number of international and interstate moves but it still threw me for six. I often feel like I live in a toy shop that exploded. Well, it’s not really possible to move when you’re house resembles a bombsite, so I have a lot of work ahead of me. It’ll be fine, but I did take a few days to come to terms with that. Oh yeah, and the little fact of returning to work after eight years on leave! Yes, it’s been eight years! But that’s a whole different story so let’s just ignore that fact for awhile
French Cross Stitch magazine cover
I mentioned that August is my bloggy celebration month. Two family birthdays and my blogiversary. With our time in France coming to an end I have been hitting the bookshops, so I decided to giveaway a French quilting magazine. Except after spending a good half an hour choosing between the three available I realised that the measurements are all in centimeters! So I spent another half an hour deciding whether or not my readers could cope with quilt patterns in centimeters (I know I couldn’t). In the end I selected a lovely (and very French) cross stitch magazine. Now I know that you might not be interested in cross stitch, but it is a lovely magazine and cross stitch was my first craft love.
Basket cover
As much as I hate chopping up books, you could even just use the lovely images and text for something crafty.
Wild flowers
There are some really sweet projects and the magazine provides the number of the DMC threads used, so it should be fairly straight forward to make the projects.
Drink cooler cover
My favourite project is the drink cooler cover. I love the colours but I also can’t go past French text. Oh la la!
Don’t despair if cross stitch is the last thing that you’re interested in. I have another giveaway ready to announce tomorrow. It will be the last for the month and is going to be hard to part with! In fact I’ve hidden it from my husband as he will want to keep it! If you follow me on Instagram you will have seen a sneak peek already, but for the rest of you, here is a progress shot from earlier today
Cushion cover in progress
To be in the running to win the French Cross Stitch magazine you need to follow my blog. Just leave me a comment letting me know that you follow along. If you like you can let me know what (if anything) is your favourite French thing. Do you love baguettes, French accents, French films or French country style? Living in France I have found that the stereotypes are true but there is also so much that I didn’t know about I hope that you will appreciate this little piece of France <3
The giveaway is closes midnight AEST (google Sydney time) Saturday 31st of August. I will draw a winner using random.org and announce it on the blog and contact the winner via email on Monday 2nd September. Please leave your email address so I can contact you
Bon chance!
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Congratulations to Amy C who won the Celebration Paper Pieced Pattern giveaway! Yay Amy! I’ve sent you an email. Thanks to everyone for entering. The patterns are available for purchase in Kristy’s Craftsy store I will have two more giveaways to celebrate this month with the next being announced tomorrow. For the third giveaway I’m thinking of making something. Is that something that appeals or would you prefer something that you can use like fabric or notions or patterns?
But moving onto this week’s makes so far
You may remember that two of my babies have birthday’s this month. My second child will turn five tomorrow (seriously, I can’t believe I have been a parent for nearly 7 years!) and after a busy morning at the aquarium the boys headed to a friend’s house for a play so I could get busy. I’ve made big progress on the Princess Quilt but I decided that Mr (almost) 5 needed a Mummy made gift so I cut into my precious superhero fabric
Superhero cushion front
I can’t wait to give this to Mr 5 tomorrow, we have given most of his friends similar cushions and I think he is going to love having his own The back is a mix of scraps (including from my original superhero print) and Essex linen blend. I felt in the mood to FMQ so I stitched out his name in Aurifil 12wt and then played with swirls around his name. I even included a subtle message
Superhero cushion back
It’s hard to read, but it says, “Happy 5th Birthday, love always, Mummy”.
“Happy 5th birthday. Love always, Mummy”
I’m not one to get super personal online but I did a little questionnaire with the birthday boy just before bedtime this evening and I thought it would be cute to share his final answer. He is such a sweetie!
Me: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Mr 5: “An inventor who makes potions and helps people if they’re crying because someone did something to them”.
Miss (almost) 3 answered “cheese” to this question!!! Too cute. Much cuter than the haircut she gave herself yesterday… Yes, you can see that on instagram *sigh*
I’m linking up with Sew Cute Tuesday at Better Off Thread.
TGIFF is at Molli’s place this week, how could I not link up? If you haven’t checked out Molli’s blog, please do, you’ll find quilty talent, humour abundant and sparkles for all.
I shared my most recent quilt finish earlier in the week. A huge thank you for all the love, I was somewhat nervous of the reaction as it has a naughty word quilted into it. Well, it turns out I’m not the only potty mouthed quilter!
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I have had a couple of other finishes this week and recently that seems to be turning into a bit of a staple for me. Call them cushions or pillows (in Australia we sleep with a pillow and have a cushion on the sofa, I think it’s the opposite elsewhere), I have a plethora to share with you this week
First up is the butterfly cushion cover that I made as a test run for the Flight of the Butterflies quilt. My friend bought both the quilt and cushion cover and they’ll head off to Ireland soon. I used a lovely Kate Spain print on the back which also features in the quilt
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| Flight of the Butterflies quilt and cushion back |
I’m obviously losing my mind (no need to comment) because I cannot remember whether I shared a photo of this finished cushion… It is for one of our favourite families who is moving to Florida next week. I made this cushion cover for their son who is 5 and included an appliqué hand print of each of our children and him as well as some meaningful words.
It seems that we’ve hit birthday season and have two 5 year old girl birthday parties this weekend! I’m sharing these early and hoping that they’re not surfing the net hunting down their gifts
I’m a total sucker for appliqué names on gifts for kids. It makes a simple pillowcase so much more special and meaningful
I REALLY need to get to the store and buy some more cushion inserts. I only have one left and have three more parties coming up which I plan to gift similar cushion covers.
I know not all girls are girly girls, but I totally am and I so channelled my inner princess this week in sewing
I really considered changing my name and keeping this cushion cover and pillowcase… In addition to over the top girly gifts I also sewed a princess dress, some princess bling and two prince crowns. Yep, we’re sparkling over here at Pretty Bobbins too but you’ll have to wait for next week for those photos (unless you follow me on Instagram, I’ve already shared progress pics there)
I’m linking up to TGIFF over at Molli Sparkles. Have you been sewing up a storm this week? Thanks for having us Molli!
