Sunburst Babushka cushion

 I love it when the pussins help me out.

They are very helpful creatures. They really, really like to help me with fabric. They are especially good at lying on it to hold it down, usually when I'm trying to cut something out. Isn't that helpful?

Here is Podae helping me to take some artistic photos of my new Sunburst Babushka cushion. And believe me, these are the best of them - you should have seen some of the other poses!

 I think he was magnetically drawn to that amazing vintage yellow corduroy - and who can blame him?

Follow The White Rabbit

If I was a character in Alice in Wonderland, I think I'd have to be the Cheshire Cat.

I'd snooze in a tree all day and create mischief and mayhem by night. I'd see the future, cast opaque predictions, and make acid remarks while drinking umpteen cups of tea.

I'd turn the world upside down, eat scones with the Mad Hatter, and poke fun at the Dormouse. He deserves it, after all.

I wish I could be the Caterpillar - smoking a hookah and dispensing impenetrable observations - but somehow the Cheshire Cat just seems more appropriate.

Which one would you be - the Queen of Hearts? Tweedledee? (I was Tweedledee in a play once when I was younger, and I had to do a somersault on the stage, which was not a super-pretty thing, I assure you). The Duchess? The fish-footman?

Lewis Carroll was an inspired literary genius. I am just a humble sewist who is unashamedly capitalising on his creativity.

Cushy!

So it seems like I'm on a bit of a cushion-fest at the moment - I have gorgeous new cushions coming out my ears. Yay!

That's the beauty of being able to just make what I feel like, rather than panicking about what is going to sell. I get to experiment with colours and combinations and every single thing is a "limited edition".

(Remember this year I'm taking more of a relaaaaaaxed approach to sewing, and not freaking out about stock levels and upcoming markets and product ranges and seasonal colours. No, this year is all about just making what I feel like, and if it sells then great, and if it doesn't - well then,  I have my upcoming Christmas presents to friends and family all taken care of.)  

 So here we have two cute babushka cushions. Aren't they sweet? I love this cotton with coloured babushkas all over it ... I was going to cut it up and make lots of little small things to stretch it out, but then I thought What the hell, le'ts go for maximum impact! I've teamed it with a cute purple polka-dot on the reverse side.

And then here is another one, this time with printed babushkas on canvas, which I matched with the country-cottage inspired striped material.


The two different fabrics were sitting on my sewing table (ahem, that's the dining table actually) and as I turned around I saw them both out of the corner of my eye, and saw how well they went together.

On the reverse side I've used a supersoft pinwale corduroy in grass green. This cushion is so tactile I just want to sit there stroking it! But as much as I love this one it doesn't go in our house, so I think it's going to have to go on Etsy instead.......                            

(oh, and an update: my tres chic Parisian cushion got a great deal of interest at the market from a lovely gent who is moving into his new place on Tuesday and wants another one to go with it! Hooray! I knew I was onto a winner with that one.  .....)