#3 a crochet cushion with custom made cushion pad

I got some wool and a pattern with a crochet magazine a while ago and have been meaning to make a cushion with it.

I finished the crochet a couple of months ago and it's been lying around waiting to be finished. So today I found an old unused cushion that didn't have a cover, cut it done to fit my crochet front and re-sewed it, then made a material cushion cover and sewed the crochet front on to it.

I thought it might look nice on the sofa in the family room but I think someone else may have other ideas !!! ...... cushions for the family room need to be recovers but they aren't in the list .... I can feel another list coming in for when I've finished this one :-)

Quilting time next .... markus is desperate for me to finish his tv watching quilt !!

 

Made number two..... with a little help from a friend !

Every Jan I go to the Farnham quilt fair ..... Steffi came with me in Jan 2016 and chose herself a layer cake so she could make herself a quit .....

It's taken is a while but we finally hand stitches the binding on it tonight so tomorrow it will be on her bed

To do : 15

Finished : 2

 

On the bed and ready for use ....

 

Made one .... mans best friend

So the first thing on the list is finished ..... one down 16 to go 😝

Here is a little crochet dog that now need to jump in a box and wing his way to America. When Hathaway was born, 4 years ago, I made her a teddy ..... but he's been well loved and needed replacing. Unfortunately I couldn't find the pattern I used last time so I thought I'd give a different pattern a go. 

He is supposed to be a dog but I'm not convinced, Steffi thinks he is cute but defo not dog like !! Let's hope he is loved when he gets to America 😀

Here he is ..... the finished "mans best friend"

And here he is in the making .....

 

 

To do : 16 

Finished : 1

New piping nozzles put to the test

We were all excited by my new "Russian piping" nozzles ...... they make flowers appear by magic 😝

Markus is now planning to make a huge cake a turn it into a bouquet of different flowers .... Steffi and I were happy with just doing cup cakes. Next time we might branch out into different colours of butter cream 😀

 

 

Madeit ..... but its not yet May

So I thought as it's the bank holiday weekend I should start my challenge of finishing things, so this evening I've fiaihedcthe rgubarb I was given this week and made some rhubarb and ginger jam

 

And I've also made some choc muffins so I can use up the left over butter cream and then Markus can make some more to try out some of the other nozzles 😀

 

Early makeit challenge

This weekend Steffi and I went to ikea to get some new bedding .... apparently animals are too childish now.

Foolishly I thought that pillow case and duvet covers were a standard size but no .... ikea have made theirs bigger than they were so they were far too big for our pillows and duvet  😟

So luckily I have an overlocker machine so I just whizzed them through that and chopped and inch off each side so they fit perfectly ...... see you just can't live without an overlocker !!!

 

may make it challenge

I'm tired of having loads of half finished projects hanging around so I thought I would challenge myself to finish a few things off in May .... I read a different blog that was running an instagram campaign on it but that sounded far too complicated ..... so this is a challenge to myself.

Here's the list of things I can think of that I should finish ..... let's see how many I manage

1. Crochet dog for Hathaway
2. Quilt for markus
3. Help Steffi finish her quilt
4. Christmas stocking
5. Help Steffi freehand embroider her cushion
6. Sew covers for 2x rectangular cushions
7. Finish the dress that had been on my manekin for a couple of years ..... just needs a hem
8. Finish crochet cushion cover
9. Christmas cards ..... I know wrong time of year but I would then be able to put the card box away
10. Finish Rudolph ornaments with the kids
11. Finish the decoupage items with the kids
12. Put transfers on candles with the kids
13. Finish crochet monsters
14. Finish embroidered towel for Jo
15. Hang up willow wreath
16. Sort out nails to hang quilting rulers and hoops 
17. Medal hanger

..... and I think that's it ..... am sure I'll find some other things along the way !!!