Aqua Hexie Cushion...

good afternoon!

 

wow...it's the first of december...the christmas month...

that deserves a little sparkle don't you think?

 

 

 

just to get you into the spirit of the season!

 

 

yesterday i was telling you about a mum

who is doing up her daughter's room

while she's away volunteering in thailand.

 

i volunteered to sew a couple of cushions

which will enhance the new decor.

 

the first one is finished...

 

 

thankfully.

 

it's not that i didn't want to sew it...

on the contrary,

i was so eager to get it started,

that after shopping in the cool of the morning,

i got home just as the room i sew in was heating up.

 

my cutting out was a near disaster

with a false start to the red fabric on the back..an inch too narrow...

and having to be recut

then the sides of the hexies weren't straight

and i shaved off the edges...

getting it looking this good was a miracle!

 

 

my sewing machine computer

had a meltdown about buttonholes the other week

so i had to think of a different way to fasten the back of the cushion.

 

i went to lincraft and got some studs...silver and bronze.

 

just as well i bought a packet of twenty

'cos i hammered a piece upside down on the first attempt.

fortunately mr m was at hand and explained gently to my heat strained brain

how they work.

the test piece went ok ,

but i took his advice then and had a break and a banana sandwich.

 

 

revived and revitalised

the cushion ...studs 'n all...albeit slightly wonky

got completed.

 

well, that was quite a saga wasn't it?

 

moral of the story...

don't work in a hot, hot room

&

have lunch before you start!

 

 

take care...

 

naturally Carol xox