Sunday, May 27, 2007

Cushion Cover for my Sis

I finished my sis's Persian tile piece into a cushion cover. I tried to emulate Shepherd Bush's pillow designs. As in their design the stitched pieces are not centralised. Not quite sure if I like that too much. Perhaps if the stitched piece was smaller it might work better.

I am using a 16" x 16" pillow insert, because I'd like a substantial border for the rather largish rectangular piece instead of a tiny strip ;)


Comment Notes: Thank you all for your kind comments. Appreciate it tremendously. Of course Karen and Su, you can 'steal' my idea. It wasn't mine to begin with :p

20 comments:

  1. Very pretty stitching and finishing. I see what you mean about putting the design off center, I tend to be very symmetrical so initially I thought it looked a little odd, but the more I looked at it the more I liked it ;)

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  2. Beautiful finish BJ and your sis' stitching, too. I like the colour combination that she used.

    Faizon

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  3. What a cute stitched piece - I'm sure your sister will love it!

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  4. That turned out great, Barbara and such beautiful colour combination.

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  5. You did a wonderful job making the pillow.

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  6. It is certainly a lovely pillow! I'm sure your DSis will love it!
    Kudos to you Barbara!

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  7. That is a beautiful pillow Barbara - your sis will adore it!

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  8. Beautiful pillow finish :) Congratulations!

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  9. Thank you for your birthday wishes Barbara.
    Your sister is going to love this beautiful pillow. Love the other gifts you've been stitching too. You make such lovely color choices and make everything so special.

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  10. STUNNING. I love the off-centerness of the design.

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  11. Gorgeous finishing! I love how you did this.

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  12. Anonymous8:54 pm

    That's very pretty! Love the colors... what a great gift :)

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  13. You're doing an amazing job at finishings, Barbara! I am also going to pick some ideas here... Harmien just can't imagine how her Sisterhood of the Travelling Project can make wonders... I am so happy I found your blog.
    Take care!
    Lili

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  14. Beautiful way of finishing it with the ribbons - lovely! Your sister will love it.

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  15. Great job. Wonderful idea for finishing it as a pillow.

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  16. Lovely finishing. My congrads to your sis, BJ for a job well done.

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  17. Barbara
    You are productive stitcher indeed. Whereas I love to start new projects without any FO reported so far.

    thank you for your messages. Hope you do not mind I bookmarked your blog.

    Yah, Margaret has lots of beautiful stitching and collections too.

    thks
    aw

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  18. Beautiful pillow, Barbara!

    How wonderful to 'meet' you, now that we are partners in Fair and Square. I am looking forwards to stitching for you in our first exchange. You must let me know what you are hoping to receive, colours, etc. This will be so much fun!

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  19. Fabulous job on the finishing, as usual. Another brilliant Barbara piece! It's a very pretty cushion, I am sure you sister will love it.

    eileen :)

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  20. woww...i really like this one....looks simple but very nice pattern...bravo!!!

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