New cushions

My previous cushion covers although practical and went with my room, at the time my mum made them for me, needed to be changed and so I set myself another project to do just that.

I bought new feather pads and then found ways to cover them with scrap fabrics etc.

This one is made from the length waste of a pair of Ikea curtains and a small piece of floral.

A patchwork cover made from an old French linen sheet I purchased in France in October for 2 euros, not good enough to keep as one piece but the monogram has worked out well. Mixed with some Irish linen and again good old Ikea curtain fabric.

 I'm really pleased with this one; its made from an old jumper that I got from car boot fair for £1 especially for the purpose of felting. The left hand side is the polo neck part. Just some buttons and lace added.

I also got a round pad which has been the most awkward to deal with. Covering it with fabric was above my sewing skills, so the obvious choice was to crochet the cover for it. Instead of wool, which wouldn't be as hardwearing, I chose a craft cotton (basically string) and crocheted both the back and the front the same in half trebles. I wanted to keep the stitches pretty close as I didn't want the pad to show through too much. 

Although quite nice, it was looking a bit boring. I didn't want anything too colourful or bright and so my final decision, after a lot of messing about, was to weave in different coloured wools. Pretty pleased with it actually.

Bertie doesn't like the new cushion as much as the old ones as she has learnt very quickly that she can't snuggle up on them. So as it stands there is still one old cushion in my living room just for her, spoilt or what!

no touching the new cushions!

After a couple of minutes sitting nicely she's off anyway to annoy Arthur.

Furniture addiction

I'm getting back into my love of furniture. It's not as if I need anymore of anything, its just I can't resist. Everything in my house keeps getting moved in and out to the garage, which at one point you couldn't get in at all. To give you an example, when Rhiannon moved into her house we could more or less furnish it with excesses that I have accumulated, both from the garage and indoors. From leather sofas to a range cooker, from an antique pine kitchen table, to curtains and a rather nice double bed.

It's not as if I needed the bed though, as I do have dotted around in one place or another, one antique king sized spanish cast iron and brass bed (it's mine and I love it, you have to climb up to get in), a single cast iron and brass, a small double cast iron and brass, a completely solid brass single bed and a white cast iron single and I've only got three bedrooms! 

And don't get me started on chairs, I have lost count of how many I have in the garage, all of which need some tender loving care, which is why they are still there. So why might you ask did I get all excited when we previewed the local auction last week and I fell in love with another one. Well this one was special, unusual, solid, beautiful and best of all I won the bid and for a lot less than the guide price. It came as a lot of three and the other two chairs are very old and probably beyond repair, but hey whats two more chairs sitting and doing nothing.

Anyway here it is.

It was once painted and this has since worn off, leaving a wonderful patina that couldn't be replicated.

It looked so pretty in the corner but a little underdressed

So I made a cushion especially for it.

And the back

Now I would like to say that that was all I brought home, but that would be a lie. I'm currently working on another piece which will hopefully be finished this week, oh and its not a chair!