Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Table topper and cushions

When one hears of giant alterations to a home what does one think?  I decided to make some cushions and a table topper to complement a new colour scheme.
 
Magazines were perused and quickly I made up my mind; the fabric was purchased and last week the gift was posted away.
 
The table topper with cushions in front
 
Cushion 1

 Cushion 2
 
Cushion 3
Hopefully the parcel will arrive sometime this week, and fingers crossed, the colours I chose do add to the overall effect to the newly renovated living area.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

A bear that I named Brenda

Another challenge over at HGTV Board, and being one who thrives on a challenge, had to enter.
 
This time we forwarded payment for half a yard of 'ugly' fabric which featured where the wild things are.  Evidently this is a book, one of which I have no knowledge but by all accounts it is quite a favourite.
 
In due course the fabric arrived; already I had chosen a pattern, that of a bear that appeared in a recent magazine.  I had thought of making a quilt, but in all honesty just could not see who I could present a quilt that incorporated this fabric. 
 
Although the bear in the pattern had another name; to me she was Brenda.  I was in the 'also rans' and Brenda was the only entry that wasn't a quilt, all of which showed great imagination and talent. 
Don't you just love that face?