I am on "house arrest" at the moment. Australia is on fire at the moment (well at least parts of it), and the big fire to the east of us, is blowing a massive smoke cloud over the city. My asthma is particularly sensitive to smoke, and so I am on some sick leave, and confined indoors.
Initially, I was going to do some bowl cosies, but I ran out of cotton thread. A friend plans to drop some off for me, but in the meantime, I had to switch projects. I was given a big length of these cushion panels from a freebie site. They are a very fine lawn/muslin fabric, and certainly not strong enough on their own to cope with being a cushion cover. I backed the panel with a nice firm quilting cotton in white (gosh it made the colours pop), and then used some random quilting cotton for the back. I put a dress zip in the back, while an overlap is easier, working out the maths for that, is more tiresome than putting a zip in. Hubby saw the first two, and has now requested a pair for his mother, so I will be making another set today I assume.
cushion covers by
Dani, on Flickr
The colours are intense!
cushion covers by
Dani, on Flickr
The back is boring by comparison, but then who ever says "oh my gosh I love what you did with the back of the cushion"
cushion covers by
Dani, on Flickr