As I mentioned yesterday, we did Secret Santa in Brit Bee, with a cushion theme. My recipient foolishly said to do what I liked (bwahahaha), so I pulled some fabrics that I thought she would like:
Then I borrowed some inspiration from Rachael’s awesome Pocket Full Of Posies, married it with some matchstick quilting using a mixture of plain and variegated thread, and some nice negative space and came up with:
I created my own flower ‘patterns’ for the applique, which is done on top of the matchstick quilting on the linen:
I then created my own pocket, complete with swirl to try and emulate the back pocket of a pair of jeans:
I hid a zip on the back, but forgot to take a photo of that!
I hope my now less than mystery recipient liked it :o)
Beautiful!! Even a bear would like it!
Thank you for your visit. We hope you are enjoying the holidays.
Hugs
Sissy Bear (mama too)
It's lovely, I am sure she likes it.
I hope she was a pink person!
Im sure she loved your handmade pocket full of posies.
Yay, It looks beautiful!! I love the dreamy colours you've used.
That's lovely Katy. I love all the elements in this.
It's a gorgeous cushion, and I really love what a difference the matchstick quilting makes to the look of it.
A triumph I would say. What's not to love!
She loves it! In fact I'm sitting with it right now! Thank you so much, I was a little stumped, you got me a good'n!
Stunning! And to think T thought I'd made it!! I'll take that as a compliment! Jxo
I think it is wonderful!
Well you tried hard so I'm sure she would like it.
it's gorgeous – the quilting is lovely!
It's so pretty!!
Your matchstick quilting is just the ticket! Love it. PS I would LOVE to be in a bee or anything with you in 2014.
So pretty, I bet the recipient loved it.
Thank you, I have heard it's in use already :o)
Love it, and how could she not love it (and I see that she did love it!)
From the comments, it sounds like you hit it out of the park. It is really lovely!
It's lovely!
that's fab, well done x Happy new Year xx
Love it!