Sunday 15 January 2017

JANET CLARE CUSHION .....


With all the busy chaos and excitement of the Christmas and New Year period, I completely forgot to show you my latest sewing endeavour. Having learnt to make my first patchwork cushion under the expert tutelage of my pal Josiekitten, I have now made two on my own. The very bright spotty dotty cushion shown two or three weeks ago, was a Christmas gift for my younger daughter, whilst this very contrasting colour scheme will work wonderfully well in my elder daughter's sitting room.

I have only recently re-discovered my love of sewing and along with it an absolute adoration of the fabric designs of the very talented Janet Clare. She uses one of my favourite colour palettes and has produced some wonderful designs. My favourite has to be her 'Hearty Good Wishes' prints, but alas, these seem to be no longer available. You could say, I've missed the boat!


Running a close second, comes the 'More Hearty Good Wishes' collection; again using the same colour palette and very similar designs. I have managed to snaffle a couple of charm and mini-charm packs for future 'stitchy' indulgence!


For the cushion, I have used the 'Nocturne' collection of prints. Everything is so understated and muted. I just LOVE them! I've learnt to keep a close eye on the seam allowances in order to maintain the same length of strip. This is essential if the cushion is to arrive at 20" in diameter and with the squares lined up precisely. Practice certainly is the way to go!


The actual pattern order is a time consuming job. Any amount of re-distributing, swapping around, starting again and turning around takes place before I'm finally happy with the layout of the squares.
Then it's sew, sew, sew!!!!! I love it!

7 comments:

Jennyff said...

I love those nautical prints, wouldn't they make great curtains especially if you had a pretty cottage by the sea. I wonder if you are starting a fabric stash now.

kate said...

Gorgeous! I love the finished product. Have great admiration for quilters - while I can sew I simply don't have the patience nor the attention to detail required for quilting!

Wyatt said...

Just beautiful. Love the color scheme!
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Molly the Airedale said...

The fabric choices are just perfect! It's beautiful!

Lynne said...

What a great cushion, and the fabrics are gorgeous!

Anna Prasad said...

I love the colours. Great job! I keep thinking I should get out my sewing machine again! Happy sewing to you!

josiekitten said...

The cushion looks fabulous, the fabrics are perfect together! xx