Bags – Handmade Designed Patchwork and Appliquéd – Shopping Bag

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‘How “mushroom” do you need in a bag?!”

This handmade and designed shopping bag was made from green linen and cotton canvas for the main structure. Each little piece of felt has been hand appliquéd to create the overall picture on the front. On the rear of the bag is also a picture of a toadstool/mushroom which I hand embroidered and then stuffed slightly to make it three dimensional. I hand quilted, with a combination of echo and ditch quilting. Inside there is one of my multi-pocket features, a double pocket – one with a zip, and a coordinating lining of green gingham. Finally I finished off the bag with some colourful old buttons!

I reckon there is as “mushroom” as you need in this bag for a good shopping trip!!!

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Cushion Covers – Handmade and designed Patchwork – Cushion Cover

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Handmade and designed three dimensional Patchwork Cushion Cover

It is not very often I work with the colourful Batik cotton fabrics, I suppose I am more of a traditionalist in some respects, but then make my own boundaries in the design of how I use them in others! The colourful cotton centre panel in this cushion just seemed to keep falling out of my stash, as if urging me to do something with it. Already preprinted with the flowery scene I decided it would make a nice garden backdrop. After collecting coordinating and contrasting coloured cotton pieces I set to work, having in mind a three dimensional figure for the middle. Using lots of different fabrics in this cushion, from lace, cotton, fancy trims, wool for the hair, organza and a plastic butterfly. Eventually they all come together to make this totally unique cushion cover.

Cushion Covers – Pink Patchwork – Cushion Covers

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Perfect – Pink – Patchwork

Having accumulated quite a bit of pink cotton fabric scraps I decided to make the most of them by turning them into patchwork cushion covers. Arranged in candy stripes and little patchwork squares, I also added some preprinted heart squares to the mix as they coordinated perfectly in the grand scheme of scrap bits. As a little extra I added a little lace trim and some matching old buttons to finish off!

Still not having used all the scraps, I carried on and made another unique pink cushion cover, again trimmed with lace offcuts and old buttons. See below!

Handmade Patchwork and Quilted Appliquéd Table Runner and Mats

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Table Runner and Mats

Having bought a beautiful piece of cotton fabric with little strawberries printed all over, I wondered what to do with it!? (Most patchworkers will know that impulse – buy now – then wonder what to do with it) Eventually after much doodling in a sketch pad, I decided it would make a perfect quirky little table runner and mats – Just right for those cream teas!

Not wanting it to be just rectangular I decided on a elongated hexagon shape and so set about creating a little table set. The centre panels are made from cotton canvas with a cotton strawberry appliquéd by hand. Once I had trimmed to shape I hand quilted through the layers of fabric, wadding and backing, creating another unique piece of patchwork!

Cushion Cover – Handmade and Designed Patchwork, Quilting and Appliquéd Cushion Cover

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Bob, who’s Bob?

I sketched this picture one day and thought it would make a lovely Handmade Cushion Cover Design. So I rifled about in my patchwork cotton fabrics until I found just the colours and patterns I was looking for. I hand appliquéd all the pieces to the centre panel then added some old buttons for eyes and air bubble effects. Then Hand stitched echo quilting on the centre panel and ditched quilted the patchwork seams.

I was really please with the finished decorative designed cushion cover!