It appears that there’s a trend here for gifting cushions for birthdays this year. I’ve made 3 in the last month and there is another in the works. I blogged about the shirts cushion I made for Tobi already so this post is to share the next one.
Leah had a birthday party for a good friend; I feel like the children are getting to a stage where they don’t want more toys to clutter their rooms so I thought I’d make him a cushion with his initial on, something that can be used for (hopefully) years to come:
I used the brilliant Just My Type uppercase pattern by Quiet Play. I made this a month ago so I can’t quite remember what size I printed the pattern at but I think it was 160% which made a 8″ block.
I used my stash of Summerville for this cushion; Reuben’s favourite colour according to Leah is green so that’s what she chose. I pulled out rocket blue a Freespirit solid for the border and binding.
I quilted around the letter and the borders with Aurifil 2870 in 28 weight which helps to add definition to the cushion.
I sneaked a bit of red alphabet on the back in the form of the zip cover; this was fun to make and was well received by the birthday boy.
We’ve got a birthday in this house tomorrow, she won’t be getting a cushion but there is a handmade gift to give…
Great cushion, Mary! It’s great when the children want to gift handmade gifts to their friends isn’t it?!
Fab! Great quilting and the text fabric on the back was a fun touch!
What a lovely present!