Doorstop & Cushions

I made these simple envelope style cushions recently to tone down my conservatory furniture which have a kind of nondescript pattern in gold/rust/taupe colours.

This fabric matched perfectly with the gold tone so I made 4, then LouP on UKscrappers asked for help with a simple sewn gift idea she wanted to make and I remembered that I had seen a door stop idea in a mag and on the net.

So I decided I would make one with the left over fabric from my cushions.  I added a bit of applique detail using scraps of fabric and felt.

I designed a simple house shape and cut the pattern from card using my Pazzles Inspiration, which I then drew around onto the fabric and cut.

I used an applique stich which is on my sewing machine.

I have filled the inside with sand which is inside a ziplock bag and added just a bit of toy stuffing on top before I stitched it closed.

I love how it has turned out and think I will be making more of these.

Door Hanger

Well Iam very craft starved at the moment, with all my bits and pieces still packed away, but I have managed to get into some stash and we have made this little door hanger for my daughters friend.

My daughter put the decoupage together and we cut the ‘L’ shaped card and paper on the pazzles.

Bunting

Ive been wanting to make some bunting for ages and finally got around to doing it this week.

I cut a triangle template at 4.75″  x 4.75″ using the pazzles. The fabric is a scrap bag of Moda material, but because the scraps are various widths i cut strips of all the different samples into lengths of about 2ft and sewed two strips together to give me enough width to use the template.

I sewed two triangles together right sides facing using a 1/4″ seem, turned them the right side out and pressed them.

I used bought bias binding which is about 1″ wide folded it in half and sandwiched the triangle inside it.

I used a decorative flower design just for a bit of extra detail.

This bunting is over 16ft long so Ive taken a photo of it just draped over the toy box and another close up.

Its for our craft room in our new house when we move later in the year.