From Plain Cover to Colourful Cover
Jun 23rd, 2008 by admin
Here’s an idea to use up all those scraps from your patchwork and quilting.
I always find I have lots of little snippets of wadding leftover from when I have trimmed a quilt prior to attaching the binding.
I store them all up and then when I think I have enough, I make a cushion pad out of a spare piece of calico or even an odd piece of curtain lining.
When the pad is made I leave it open for a little while slowly adding all my wadding trimmings, then when the pad is full and is the right shape( I don’t like my cushions too firm) I slip stitch it closed.
Here’s one I made this week.
A home made cushion pad is a bit plain and so I then rummage through all my little odds and ends ( I hardly ever throw any fabric away), and using several small pieces I make an appliqued cushion cover for the pad.
Like this one here.
