I just love the simple shapes and designs of the things that children draw. And it’s nice to try and use their pictures where possible, rather than putting them away in a drawer.
Firstly, I made this cushion the same way as my No-Zip Cushion Cover, and I just made it out of different scraps of white material that I had
lurking in my cupboard. The only difference with THIS cushion is that I put two pieces of material together to make the front panel, so that the front of the cushion was going to be strong enough to 'hold' the sewing. This is a view of the cushion from the back.
Then I chose one of my daughter Poppy’s drawings to use – the bird! I’d also like to have a go at doing this horse too at some stage in the future. Isn’t it
lovely?
Just make sure you choose something simple, and something that will be
easy to sew the outline of.
So, I traced the outline from the original picture onto some tracing
paper.
Then I went over the outline on the other side, then flipped it over
again and traced the outline again onto the material. I had to go through this
process so that the duck was pointing the way I wanted it to be on the cushion!
Once I had the outline traced onto the material, it was just a matter
of sewing over the pencil marks. I just used a basic cotton thread that I had
purchased previously at Big W for one of my Christmas projects.
I went around once, sewing the outline, and then I went back over it
and ‘sewed in’ the gaps.
Not very technical, and I’m sure it’s not even the
proper way to do it. Someone asked me, “is that called back-stitch?”, and I said “no,
it’s called rough-stitch” !!
And I’m very pleased to say that my cushion won a Highly Commended in the Handicraft at my local Show over the
weekend.
Happy sewing!
Emma