Tuesday, August 26, 2008

:the butterfly cushion:

I found an unused 1970s linen tea-towel at the op-shop with a beautiful butterfly graphic on it. I loved the reds/pinks and oranges together. I decided to make it into a cushion for on my bed. I cut out the butterfly, sewed quilt batting on to the piece, then hand-stitched some detailing thereby ‘quilting’ it slightly, added buttons. The back of the cushion is a piece of an orange wool blanket.

I really enjoyed making this. It was a lot more time-consuming than a lot of the things I make, but I do enjoy hand-sewing a lot and want to do more of it.

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& Thanks to everyone who popped over to the new blog yesterday and left comments or sent encouraging emails. We are really trying to push ourselves in terms of bare, naked honesty over there and it is a little scary - so your support means a lot.

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You are awesome! I wrote my last blog post for you

nice work, I am suddenly inspired to turn all my fabric into 3-d things

Lovely cushion!  I like the 3D-ness and the buttons.

Are you consciously trying to create a less ‘performative’ tone in the new blog? Is this what you mean when you say you’re trying to push yourselves ‘in terms of bare, naked honesty’?

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