After getting my Layer Cake Sampler quilt
back from Valerie after she quilted it, I was ready for the binding to go on. Now
that should be easy right, especially since I had the fabric picked out for it.
Well it was not that easy. I was going to use the same fabric as the border but
as I laid the fabric next to the border I realised with the sweeping curve in
the fabric it would not look even around the edge. So out with the other
options from the left over fabrics and the only one I was happy with was the
fabric I used for the sashing but there wasn't enough. I stopped in at A
Quilter's Odyssey hoping Kate still had some. It was all gone.
Just my luck! I picked a different fabric which just happened to be from the
same range the sashing fabric came from. So I brought what I needed thinking
the problem was sorted. Boy was I wrong. When I put this fabric against the
border fabric I didn't like it, it was the wrong blue. Grrrrr!
So after all this fussing I finally went
back to my first choice, the left over sashing fabric and after remeasuring the
fabric I could get the right amount of strips I needed if I cut the strips
2 1/4 inches instead of 2 1/2 inches. So that is what I did and now I am
happy because I got to use the fabric I wanted and I have another completed
quilt.
Now I had 2 squares left over from the quilt. So I thought with all the extra block layouts Amanda
's blog offered I would make a matching cushion with them. I wish I had
thought of that while I was doing the blocks because I ended up with 2 brown
squares, oh well. This is how I made the cushion. I made the block up and measured
the completed block (16 1/2 inch)
and then cut 2 x 16 1/2 x 11" rectangles
from the brown floral. Then I folded and pressed a scant 1/4" along one 16 1/2 inch side on each rectangle, then fold and press again. This gives you a neat finished edge with no raw edges. Sew it in place. Then laid the block on the table right side up
and laid the 2
rectangles on top right sides facing down with the overlap of fabric in the
middle of your cushion.
Pin it well
and sew around the outside of the
cushion with a 1/4" seam.
Finally you turn the cushion right side out and insert a cushion
insert and you have finished a quick easy matching cushion.
Until next time
Keep Stitching
Cynthia
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