Showing posts with label tapestry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tapestry. Show all posts

Wednesday, 17 June 2015

Tapestry Cushions

Projects Finished and Unfinished: While I was decluttering the cupboards the other day, I found my cushions. I had been searching high and low for them. One was awaiting washing, and one had been attacked by moths (the pink lady). And both had damage to the back covers. So I've chopped the backs off, pulled out the stuffing, and given them a good wash. The braid around the edge has got a bit chomped too.

So now I need to stitch over the moth holes, buy some more braid and remember how I put that on, and find something more robust for the backing. Last time I used some leftover thai silk, in a beautiful blue. But maybe denim is going to be more suitable?




And I also have this one which I have stitched, but it has been sitting around for, oh say, a few years, waiting for me to get to the edging and backing. Its about twice the size of the other 2.


And, of course, there is always one on the go. Sometimes these projects take me years, I'll do a bit, or a lot, then move on to something else for a while, come back to it all in a year or 3. No rush after all, its all meant to be fun, no household ever ground to a halt through lack of cushions....

These are all Jennifer Pudney designs too.



Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Tapestry for Kids, big and small.

It was raining the other day, so I got to work on some of the lifetime's accumulated junk and decluttered a bit.  And I discovered these...old tapestry projects of the kids, that they have grown out of. But not me, I'll never be too old for this.


We've got several finished ones of these on the walls already. I think I'll buy some cheap frames, get a couple of test pots of paint and paint them up, then they can go in the gallery of others.

The crafty dog and dreaming cat are Jennifer Pudney designs, a particular favourite of mine.