I've used the pattern "Waverley Bag" by the Australian designer Leanne Beasley, and used fabric from the "Quilter's Garden" collection by another Australian designer, Lynette Anderson to make my latest project. After all the mini blocks were machine pieced together, I was ready to start the stitchery. The first mini block was fussy cut from Lynette's beautiful fabric...
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...I traced the stitchery designs with a Pigma Micron pen. Two strands of DMC threads in co-ordinating colours were used for the back stitch. Mini block 2 is "Mineral Wells" and mini block 7 is "Beacon Lights"...
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...wise words were stitched in the final mini block. Mini block 5 had an appliqued bucket of tulips. The applique shapes were made using the applique paper and glue stick method, and hand stitched into place with a silk thread. Then the stitchery was added...
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...3 very large appliqued daisies were scattered over the cushion (mini blocks 3, 4 and 8) with colonial knots stitched randomly onto the centres, and an applique heart was added to mini block 6...
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...once all the stitchery and applique was completed, The cushion top was layered up with some backing fabric and wool wadding. The layers were spray basted together using 505 spray, and then the cushion top was quilted very simply with Aurifil thread. "Stitch in the ditch" around the centres of the mini blocks and I also quilted around the appliqued daisies and the heart...
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...fabrics from t same collection were used for the backing. A neat enclosed zipper was used to close the back of the cushion, and single fold binding was used to cover all the raw edges. This was machined onto the front of the cushion, and then folded to the back and slip stitched by hand...
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...a plump feather pad was used to fill the cushion cover. I had a quick photo shoot in the garden before it started raining again! This is now being put away ready for my mum for her birthday later in the summer. Hope she'll like it ;)
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