My sofa is now the proud bearer of a pair of shabby chic union jack cushions, made by my fair hands! I did plan for them to be shabby chic as I like that look however they are probably slightly more so due to the fact that my sewing skills are somewhat underdeveloped! But I think they look great and go with my living room colour scheme so I’m happy, even my other half likes them, who has taken to calling me quite unsavoury names thanks to my newfound love of craft. I was making some progress on my knitted jumper in bed the other night (I have done the back and am halfway through the front-yay me, longest running knitting project to date!) and he claimed that it was like “being in bed with my grandma”. Sigh. I think that he is just nervous about becoming a craft widower!
As before, I have used scrap materials from my local fabric store, each random sized piece costing between £1.50 and £2, and I still have plenty left over to use on other projects. My usual nice and simple envelope style cushion is the basis (until I learn a new method!) and then very simple strips of plain cream cotton and slightly slimmer strips of gingham appliquéd on the front in the classic union jack shape using a zig-zag stitch. I left all of the edges raw as I want to encourage a slight fray to the fabric as they get used.
I have already starting ploughing through my two, rather bulging, folders stuffed with ideas and patterns galore for another project. I really should complete another one before going on to the next…but I can’t help it! I’m thinking Christmas things now, either decorations or gifts, which is tormenting because it seems so far away and I’m not keen on how it gets earlier and earlier each year however it is only 11 weeks away! And the time it takes me to do stuff, especially learn how to do stuff, I’d better get cracking!
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