If you vaguely remember having seen a photo of this once upon a time
that means you’ve been following my blog for quite a number of years. This is a cross stitch kit I stitched from February – July 2015.
A kit by Design Works”, artwork by Jo Moulton. Not only did I love the colours but I loved (and still love) the sentiment: ” Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away”. Anyway, it was very enjoyable to stitch, but like most of my cross stitch projects, once finished, it was folded and put away in “the drawer”. Where it remained forgotten about for almost 6 years.
However, after my recent bout of sensible sewing, and the making of cushion covers for kitchen chairs using a sage green fabric.
Plus, after the new sofa covers (not been clawed to pieces yet!) . . . I remembered my “Life” design and realised it would look rather nice on the “new” sofa. I had plenty of the fraying sage green fabric left so I made another simple back of a cushion (same as above). Cut a few strips to add borders on the front. Did some very sparse quilting on the front, just to hold the wadding behind in place, and voilà!
There are still numerous folded cross stitch pieces in the drawer, waiting patiently to be finished off properly, but for now, I’m just very happy to have this one finally on display!
Claire, your cushion is beautiful!! It was worth the wait.
aw thanks Kate ^^
Very pretty finish to a lovey project. Goes perfectly with the “new” sofa.
Just noticed my typo — should be “lovely.” 🙂
don’t worry about typos, we all make them, fingers not keeping up with brain usually ^^
thanks Terri ^^
Utterly gorgeous. What a good way to finish it. Looking forward to seeing more.
thanks Cathy ^^ Not sure how many will follow.
It looks happy in its new home!
I’m amazed at how colour coordinated it looks – very unusual for me ^^
Love it!
so do I ^^
Wow Claire – that pillow looks great and matches perfectly 🙂
thanks Sharon, and yes, I was pleasantly surprised to see how well it blends in with the new sofa covers!
Lovely cushion! I need to get out the finished items I have and just get them done!
I enjoy the making of things (stitching for xstitch or piecing for patchwork) but always slow down when it comes to the finishing off.
That is a perfect match! I went on a finishing binge a couple of years ago, and made several pillows from stitching projects, and ai have enjoyed having them out! It was quite liberating to get out of a Framing mindset!
in the early days of cross stitching I used to frame my finishes, which was quick but not always cheap. Since learning to patchwork and sew, I prefer to finish things off with fabric, as cushion covers, wall-hangings etc, because I can then swap things around and everything can go in the washng machine when it gets dirty.
Exactly!
Another stunning piece, congrats on the final finish
thanks Debbie ^^
Your pillow looks great!
Absolutely adorable!
Congrats on the finish! It is beautiful.