Cushions

Having completed the 2 quilts for my Nanna and Aunt, I began to think that I ought to do something for my other two maternal aunts – Wendy and Pauline. Somehow I came up with the idea of doing personalised cushions, using a simple block patterns with panels for stitched names, which my mother kindly did since she’s far more talented in the embroidery department.

My Aunty Wendy’s cushion is comprised of a Log Cabin Variation using soft romantic fabrics of blue, red and cream. The panels were stitched with the names of my Aunt and her sons (my two cousins), again using a truetype font from Windows (‘French Script’) which were copied onto the cream panels using a fabric pen (disappears when moistened). My mother then embroidered the names over it and these pieces of fabric were then sewed to the other border fabric.











The cushion front was then quilted, again in the ditch and repeating the lines in the border corners (as above) and then the cushion backing was sewn and the cushion insert added later.

Much like Wendy’s cushion, the end process for my Aunty Pauline’s was the same. The only difference was the centre block – a block called Dutchman’s Puzzle – and its thinner sashing border. I still quite like the fabrics I used on Pauline’s cushion, especially the darker purple centre of the block, and the thin border.











Again, like Wendy’s, the panels on all four sides were embroidered (again, by Mum) with the names of my Aunt, Uncle and their 2 daughters (my cousins). The font is 'Bradley Hand Itc' and is stitched in matching colours teal and purple on opposing panels.