The Sewing Places' Great Cushion Cover Swap the Second

[Lilian]

Ah, @Lilian I have to pack everything away tomorrow so won't be able to sew fro a couple of months  so it had to be done. he Linus quilt won't be started before June 

Oh yes @Lowena you're moving house  good luck!

[BrendaP]

Mine is all packed up ready to post, but I haven't been out today so it didn't get posted!  It should go tomorrow.

[Iminei]

and @Lilian youve had other things to think about too; now thats done .... youre all ready to go     !!

[Sonatine]

My final fabric arrived in the post today, I got everything ironed and ready to start, then I realised I don't have a cutting mat here.

 

I promise I'll manage to start this eventually...

[Lilian]

@Iminei I don't believe it! I cut them wrong again  more fabric should arrive tomorrow. I have most of it done, just waiting on delivery lol. 

[Lilian]

Just a quick qustion. Are we all going to post the covers on a set date? 

[Lowena]

Hope not @Lilian because I posted mine today 

[Lilian]

Hope not @Lilian because I posted mine today 

Oh, I thought if we see when someone has posted and then we get one in the post, the secret is out. I know we will divulge at some point though   

[BrendaP]

Mine went out today too!

[wrenkins]

I've gone all off piste!!!!!!
I was working merrily from stash and it was going well but most of my stash pieces are small and I needed a bigger piece for the back. Preferably one without little shapes cut out of it. 
Off I went to look and picked some. That was easy. Fits in with my background...perfick!
But wait!
Surely if I was going to do that then some should appear on the front to tie it all in. The front is now complete!!! What to do?!?!?!?!
I ordered something!
Let's just say that it will either be a hit or a miss! I can't see any middle ground with this. I'm going to back it in Marmite!!!! 
It hasn't arrived yet and when it does I might hate it and go back to plan No 936 but at the moment we're going off piste and far into the woods!!!! 

[Iminei]

Piece the backing @wrenkins  ...not itty bitty lil pieces just strips?

These cushions will be winging their way to my lucky, lucky swappee shortly ..only kidding     ,
they were made for the lil boy I looked after who adored Dora ....



But I hadn't enough for the backing in the light purple, so I took a colour that I thought went and pieced  the simplest envelope back!




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[wrenkins]

I did think about that @Iminei and I'm doing it for another project absolutely NOT because I accidentally ordered 1/4m and not a FQ. Definitely not.
I've ordered it already so we'll see what it looks like. (Might be naff) 
I appear to have left my comfort zone faaaaar behind!

[wrenkins]

Update!
received an email this morning saying that my 'Marmite' is out of stock (back order blah blah...) so I emailed them to cancel my order. I'm on a deadline here you know!
Phew. I can order something a bit more mainstream ordinary normal tasteful.
I then received another, slightly snippy, email telling me that it wasn't out of stock and would be dispatched today.
I sent them.
   
ORDER ****** - ITEM(S) OUT OF STOCK

Unfortunately, one or more items are currently out of stock. This may cause a slight delay in your delivery. Please accept our apologies and rest assured that we are working hard to rectify this.

Sorry. I assumed that this meant out of stock.

I did say thank you though.  Can't stand snippy bu$$ers!

[Iminei]

I'm done!!!!!         

and to be honest I loove it ... I'll have to keep the resolve to get it packed and to the P.O !

Seriously tho' I do hope Low the recipient likes it as much as I do ... and the green backing was a master stroke after I ran out of the background colour!

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[Lowena]