I realised recently that I had not ended up sharing the finished cushions I was working on before Christmas. I have a terrible bloggy habit of saying I will be back with something or follow up on something and then never do! Sorry.
So here is the front of my Girls cushion, I replicated 4 blocks from the "200 crochet blocks" book x 2 and then chose a different design for the centre, I did a few rows of double and single crochet in the coordinating colours to create a border and joined with a single crochet seam on reverse in one pink horizontally and the other vertically.
Crochet cushion front |
For the back I did large plain coloured granny squares finished with a border of single crochet on each square. when they were all joined I did border rows similar to the front. I really love the look of these simple plain grannys blocked up like this and aspire to make a plain granny blanket in the future.
crochet cushion back |
My boys cushion was a simpler design in that I replicated the same block, in the same colours, used in three different combinations. The join and the border are a 4th colour which I also incorporated into the back. for the back of this one I just made one large square of similar design to the smaller blocks used in the front.
Crochet cushion front |
I used Bendigo Woolen Mills 8 ply cotton for both of these and used a 4.50 hook.
Colours used in the Girl cushion are - Pink Rose, glacier, snow, light teal and the darker pink is a discontinued shade from my stash. In the Boys I used - French Navy, Pomegranate, Light Teal and Latte.
I was looking forward to seeing my handy work prettying up the lounge room but my kids took their prizes off to their bedrooms to adorn their beds :)
I've linked up with this weeks creative spaces
They both look great T!
ReplyDeleteAren't colour combos funny, the light teal looks like two different colours in the two cushions.
I am not surprised they ended up on the owners beds, they must love having their own cushions made by Mum :)
Absolutely love these cushions Tammy!
ReplyDeleteOh Tammy! They are absolutely gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAnne xx
Oi amiga, adorei todas as novidades do teu blog, também trago novidades no meu blog para ti contar, confira e depois deixe um comentário para eu poder saber o que achastes,abraços do Brasil.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.titacarre.com
http://elo7.com.br/titacarre