At the very beginning of this year I made this little beauty:
It’s from the book Pretty in Patchwork Holidays, I wanted to make the other 2 cushions but didn’t get round to them until recently. In November I managed to get the paper piecing done:
And then with a bit of effort in December I managed to turn them into cushions:
I found some pom pom trim and cut one off to stitch on to the penguins hat as there was no way I was going to attempt to make a tiny pom pom. Â Buttons were scrounged from the button box, I never have 2 matching black buttons for the eyes but surely that adds to the novelty of them!
I even had the crazy idea of adding piping to them!
Making the piping was easy but stitching it in between the front and back wasn’t as simple as I thought it might be. Any tips on how to stitch as close as possible to the piping gratefully received, I tried using the zipper foot which helped but I wasn’t overjoyed with the result.
They have been well received by the children, the polar bear has been named Snowy and the new penguin is a girl called Pebbles.
I’m pleased with how these turned out, they are the only festive decor that we’ve managed so far – you might find they are still hanging out in our living room next summer!
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Wow! They are fabulous! Thanks so much for linking up!
So cute. I’m heartened to hear your piping wasn’t easy either!
They are awesome and definitely for all the year!
I hated doing piping on the cushion I tried, the corners were a nightmare – yours look great though xxx
THEY ARE AWESOME! Cute as cute can be.
Oh good, so glad they can see where they’re going now 😀 Piping looks fine to me!
Aw these are so cute and festive M! Just put a different cover over them after Christmas, and whip it off next December! Jxo
Oh my, how wonderfully made and how fun!
I have the same problem with piping, so much so I made some for my last cushion then chickened out of using it…
Polar bear is too cute for words…
They are so cute! The piping looks great!
Gorgeous cushions, Mary, and that little pompom is perfect! I tried using my zip foot for piping a cushion and it was okay but not completely perfect and I need to remember to use the same colour thread as the piping next time for when there were places where you could see my stitching. Almost worth buying a piping foot? XX