Creating Cushions .....

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Cushions, cushions, 

lovely cushions !

( ooh I've said it too many times now and it sounds weird ... )

But today my post is all about them ...

It all started a few weeks back with a basket of extremely gorgeous Sublime Egyption Cotton

and the Little Woollie cushion pattern from Simply Crochet Magazine.

I had already decided that the cushions were going to be for the chairs in the garden

 so neutrals, a zesty green and a burst of burgundy seemed a good choice of colours.

I haven't made cushion covers before so what with my usual love affair for making 

blankets, in comparison, this little patterny square of 

loveliness just seemed to whizz along in no time at all.

There's also something very addictive about Jules' pattern because you really want to 

keep on going to see what each new row of pattern is going to look like.

Cover number 2 , in a slightly different colourway, was soon on the hook,

swiftly followed by an envelope style back in a neutral shade.

I managed to find some buttons for the back that go so perfectly with the wool 

you'd have thought I'd have commissioned them to be hand made !

For each of the two cushion backs I edged the square in the main colour

 and added a little strip of buttonholes.

On the reverse of the cushion  all of my ends were knotted 

securely and sewn down the side edge - another lovely bonus of cushion versus blanket, 

as all of this will be tucked away inside for nobody to see !

Joining the front and back couldn't have been easier as it was just a matter of 

double crocheting the two sides together all the way around the edge.

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And here they are ...

in all their lovely stripyness.

And just to add an extra little scrumptiouness I added a border of 

bobbles all the way around the edge.

I truly love them.

They were so quick to make and I love how they look with the plain back as I think this

 really makes the patterned side stand out.

I love the contrast of the colour against the neutral back as well.

And this is where their new home is ...

.... on the two chairs in my little shady crochet corner

 right outside my back door.

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