Sunday 5 October 2014

Bloomin' cushion...

So this week, I have completed the berry toned background. 


And got the giant blooms sewn on.



And made a start with adding the stems...



As I work full time my crafting tends to take place in the evenings in front of the tv.
We've watched two films this week, Epic and Robin Hood...


I've now made a start on the foliage.


 I've tried to add some tones to the leaves, so they are not just a one dimentional colour. 




I did deviate from the cushion for one evening to have a go at the button flowers that I have seen online. I found it really tricky!


For the majority of my work I use a 4-5mm hook, but to fit through the buttonhole I needed to use a 2mm and thin embroidery cotton. This was so fiddly, and on my initial try it as coming out too tight and slipping away from the button. I unravelled and tried again this time adding more stitches on the round but it still didn't work out like the images. All a bit frustrating as it looked such a simple, quick project. I might persevere and try again using my usual size hook and yarn and find some way of getting it through the buttonhole!!

I have seen images by Sarah London of the apache tears stitch which is on my to do list!! So for my mood square this week, I thought I would have a play and see if I could get to grips with the basics of this pattern. It requires you to just work through the back of the loop on standard stitches and through the front loop 3 rows below for the stretched stitch. I like the way the square turned out as its quite 3 dimentional. It's just a shame my to-do list is growing much quicker than I can work!!!




9 comments:

  1. Fabulous cushion and I LOVE the flowers on it - Anita #13 Handmade Monday.

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  2. I love how that wool worked up on the cushion, beautiful tones, it looks great.

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  3. Your cushion is going to look fab. I've seen those button crochet flowers and thought they look relatively easy. Seems not!!

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  4. I love those flowers, both the blooms and the foliage ~ Fantastic work!

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  5. Oooh i love the berry colours in your cushion and the big flowers are just gorgeous! :)

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  6. That cushion is looking great, perfect to cuddle up to in this yucky weather.

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  7. Cushion looks grand. I like the colours and the flowers really stand out. Very huggable

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  8. OK so the first thing that caught my eye was the Chunky KitKat :)

    I love the flowers, as a non crocheter I really admire anyone who can make pretty flowers.

    Jan x

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  9. I LOVE your flower embellishments, they are gorgeous :)

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