cushion crazy

A few months ago I took Brett Bara's tutorial on making zippered throw cushions and sort of went crazy. In my spare time I made cushion covers for the sofa, armchairs and every bed in the house. Out of free space, I decided that the kitchen chairs needed cushions. Thankfully a friend happened to mention that she'd like some covers, too, and I needed a gift for another, so that kept me going for a little while longer. I've just bought some raspberry velveteen to make another (but it's on hold until I can work out where to put it.) In lieu of actually making more covers (I really need to learn how to make something else...) I decided to take some pictures (something I should have done weeks ago before they were squashed and crinkly...) and share them with you, along with a few of the lovely fabrics and sellers that I found.

The beautiful pom pom pillow design (and tutorial) belongs to Susan from Living With Punks. The Pink Hexagons fabric is by Prints Charming, which I bought from Laura at Mira & Westie (the reverse is their Watermelon and Pink Dots).

I picked up this vintage mustard velveteen from a local charity shop, along with a lovely bright purple zipper, and it was a match made in heaven. The green fine corduroy with deer pattern, along with the lolly pink fine cord and brown velveteen (above) is from Spotlight.

I couldn't resist Pink Hearts from C'est La Viv and backed it with black-and-white stripe vintage cotton. The gorgeous soft velveteen is Loulouthi by Anna Maria Horner.

I followed Brett's instructions again and even added piping!

I promise I don't stack them up on the bed all the time. Just this once...

These floral and pink-and-white stripe girls are my first-ever cushion covers, a basic envelope style made without a pattern or proper measurements; I just copied another cover. They don't fit properly (too loose) but I still love them. I think the orange floral is the most beautiful vintage fabric I've ever found.

Photos: Heidi Adnum