I bring you a post in peace!

Welcome people!
I'm back :D

I offer you this patchwork in peace for not posting for a week!?

Yes, its one of the simple ones BUT it is the first one I have made while in Swansea. I do have another piece  (or two) in the making so hopefully they'll be up soon!

On another note - I LOVE SWANSEA! It has amazing patchwork shops :D
I must saaaave my money! SAVE!

Now, the fun bit. I decided that if I wanted to start selling then i'd have to start somewhere. SO - if anyone wants this cushion (or the other ones that I will be selling) go, like the page on facebook and contact me through there!

Take two!

So which one do you prefer?

I decided to do another of this pattern because its really quick and easy!
You only need 5 different fabrics and you only need a relatively large amount of one of those! (Excluding the backing fabric)

So here is my second one in this 'series'. I have a feeling that there is going to be a lot more coming - mostly due to the fact I can make them in one evening when i'm bored!

Remember people, Facebook page is up and running - why continuously keep checking here to see if i've posted when I will tell you myself through Facebook?

And here is the culmination of my degree!

Its not actually the culmination... I'd just like to point that out, but it does fit rather nicely with said degree (Architecture for those who are wondering!)
I had no idea what the finished product would be and it seems to have turned into a wall hanging. Personally I find it really cute, but a couple of things kept going wrong.

First, I found that although the fabrics I used for the houses did work, It might have looked better with brick coloured fabrics such as browns/golds etc...
Upon looking back at the book that I found this idea in, this IS what they had done. (I really need to pay more attention to it huh!?)

I suppose that'll teach me that I think I can do everything when in fact I have never done it before in my life!
The binding edge, an idea I have wanted to try for a while - went slightly wrong, but i'm going to blame that on the design and the fabric. At least I know what to do next time! - Its all a process of learning.

Yes, the houses are on a hill (it was most DEFINITELY planned that way - after all, all terraced houses are on hills aren't they!?)
 

And all together now!

https://www.facebook.com/LouisesPatchworkPatch

Thats my facebook page for my cushions - It's all coming together!

If you like the page and have facebook, an easier way to find out when I've posted is by liking the page - oh, and sharing with all your other friends! <3 Mucho Love!

My Hoard!

While meeting with a friend one day they asked me how many cushions I actually had... Thus came the ticking off of the fingers to about 12/13

Then it was 'And how many cushion covers do you have without a pad in at the minute?'
Another 3/4 I think

Hence my picture of my hoard of cushions!

Admittedly I am 'collecting' covers and such to sell so not ALL are for me!

What do you do when you cant think of any other present to give?

Merry Birthday to my Grandma! - Although she wont see this, the cushion shown below is her birthday present. We didn't know what to buy her soooo this cushion evolved!

I always surprise myself, because I think i'm not going to like the finished design when im choosing the fabrics but it always turns out to look so pretty that I don't want to give them away!
Silly me! I'll just have to make more... was a really easy design that I finished in one afternoon.

The back did go slightly wrong, I tried to do the envelope such as one you would find in a pillow case, but I ended up sewing all the sides together, meaning I couldn't get in to turn it the right way round!
I knew something had to go wrong with it!

Swansea - here I come!

Technically this post title lies slightly.... im not moving to Swansea for another week!

But here is my Swansea Beach/ Swansea Seaside cushion cover!

I even thought I'd have a go at using a zip - bear in mind i'd never done a zip before and was scared that i'd break the machine
It was actually perfectly fine, and looks slightly neater than some of my envelope cushion backs!
Maybe i'll have to do more with zips?

Only the rest of my quilt to do and another cushion cover and then i'll have finished my goals for the summer (and more!)

5m of each!?

Loooooookk - its so pweeeeeetttyyy!

This cushion - literally just an idea that I got from a book. So simple, yet so effective and it LOOKS a hell of a lot more complicated than it actually is.
4 Colours (I thank my friend for helping me choose and telling me that, yes, the colours were fine and, yes, it would look really good - Tbh, I think he just wanted to get out of the shop!)

5m(!) of each Ribbon Colour (Again, I thank my friend for making me buy this amount because I did use all but 50cm of the ribbon!!)

START WEAVING!!!

The front went together really quickly, within the closing ceremony of the Paralympics if I'm honest. The back, well I needed to find a fabric that matched the front, yet was heavy enough to hold its own. Sadly, the envelope back I tried to do was slightly too short and would have fallen open too much! (booooooo)

Now here comes the stroke of genius on my part - I used 1m more of the ribbon that I had left over and made two ties to hold the back together...
Simple, yet effective!

Now, I personally think that these are good enough to sell (and I intend to do so sometime in the near future hopefully) What do you think?

A sunny Monday afternoon

Well.... I was bored.


Simple as that. So I decided to make another cushion cover. I know, I know, i don't particularly NEED another cover but, if I want to start selling them then i'm going to need to make more aren't I!? (Bear in mind, I am thinking of selling through Etsy, but need to make a couple more before I set up the account.

Smaller than a couple of the others I have made but still fits a 38 X 38 cm cushion in (thank god!)

A bit of fun!

Hello again!

I realise that I have been posting an awful lot recently, thats because I'm running out of things to do and sewing keeps me occupied! Plus I just love seeing what I can come up with.

This new one came about due to wanting to experiment with diamonds and see what I could make. The colours, not my fave if I have to admit - I don't like pink and chose them so that I wouldn't be wasting any fabric if it went wrong. HOWEVER it has grown on me since I started and it at least would make a nice seat pad for the window seat in the house over in Swansea!

I was intending to do the back in black, but then decided to get rid of the pink flowery stuff while I had a chance! :P

Interesting huh!?

World Map - Louise Style

Don't think this needs any other words except

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