I made two huge cushion covers (24"x24" cushions) for Izzys room, at the moment they are pillow case style as my Kam snap pliers still haven't arrived - will add the poppers when that gets here. They won't look so baggy then.

The fabric is so soft - its gorgeous!


I also made a couple of mini cushions for Izzys dolls!

Well its 99% done!

It has taken a while as obviously I can only do it at night time when Izzy has gone to bed.

I didn't make it as a traditional all in 1 quilt, mainly because I wanted to be able to wash it at home, and with it being the size of a double duvet it might not wash well if it was like that.
Instead I made it like a duvet cover, it has the patchwork layer, then a cream cotton layer and then the other cream cotton layer - so the duvet goes between the two cream sheets. I did this becasue I didn't want to risk the stitching on the patches being damaged when putting the duvet in and out. The duvet was a double 4.5tog, I only had to trim a small piece off the one side for it to fit.

Here are some pics







More of my little projects to come

I was determined that they would be really good!

I read a few tips and I have to say the extra effort and time is well worth it.

They are unlined as the room needs plenty of light, they have tab tops.

Actually they were really easy to make - first I folded and pressed both long sides, 1cm over and then again 1cm over. Stitched that.
Then I did the top and bottom hems the same way, making the top one wider as I had to attach the tabs to that.


I made the tabs in a similar way, as in pressing and stitching - makes everything so much easier and neater


The thing I still can't find a good way to finish is the bottom of the tabs - I tried to do a zigzag , but with the 4 x thickness of the tab plus the 3 x thickness from the hem it was quite thick and needle kept getting stuck - so maybe I need a bigger one or something? I am not overly worried as its is something that isn't visible unless you take the curtain down, and I can rectify it when I find out how!

Lovely stuff Lisa, very impressed

Lisa I am so impressed!!! You've inspired me so much that I'm thinking of asking for a sewing machine for my 30th!

You should Lisa! I have done loads of things!

The other day I took some little bits to my MILs so I got a bit of pretty material and a white ribbon and made a little draw string bag - she loved it, and it took me about 5 minutes to do!

well done you !!! do you ever sleep??

Ummm nope!