I'm still working my way through that list of kits that I wrote about back in January. When I took part in the Declutter Challenge a few months ago, I passed a few of my kits on to some of my quilty friends - kits that I no longer liked, or kits that I thought I really had no use for, so thankfully that very long list has become a bit shorter! Anyway, this is a pretty kit to make the Run Rabbit Run Cushion, designed by Jo Colwill of Cowslip Workshops - the pattern is in Jo's book, Patchwork Quilts and Gifts, and both the book and the kit were purchased back in 2015. The kit included all the materials to make the cushion cover - the fabrics, calico and wadding...
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...anyway, I made a start on this a few days ago, and a mix of sunny weather and showers meant I was able to sit outside in the garden stitching the hand embroidery and sewing on the vintage buttons, then dashing into my sewing studio before the rain came, to stitch the machine applique...
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...I've used a selection of vintage buttons from my own button tin. Small ones are used to decorate the front of the cushion along the "hill" and around the heart, whilst larger ones are stitched through the sides to keep the cushion closed. These larger buttons are stitched through all the layers, and I've added smaller buttons on the back, so you don't see any unsightly threads or knots.
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...and here's the finished cushion, photographed along with another one of Jo Colwill's designed, the Bouquet Cushion that I made last year. Now I need to tidy my cutting table, clean and oil my machine, and prepare another project from that list of kits.
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