Cushion

A nice quick restorative make towards the end of the year.  I used up most of the 1m of quilting cotton I bought at Fabric a brac from the wonderful Maryanne of Made Marion.



This was a little labour of love and I went a little OTT on some of the touches.  Self covered fabric buttons at the back.



And homemade piping around the side seams.  The yellow cotton fabric was from stash and for extra stash busting points, I used some cord I had lying around from a pop up tent a friend gifted me when she moved but the tent fell apart recently.



The piping could be a little better applied but I like the final look and it was a fun make which also extended my skills.



One piece of cord wasn't quite long enough to go the whole way around the cushion so I hand stitched it together and then placed the cord in the yellow fabric - I didn't bother to cut on the bias as the cord wasn't particularly wide so I knew the corners wouldn't be too difficult to wrangle.



There was quite a bit of time spent pining in front of the television though.  Thank God BM puts up with my fidgeting while we're watching something together!



I adore the fabric and am really pleased to have updated my cushion selection and replaced one of my early makes that was definitely beginning to show some wear and tear as well as never really fitting the insert well in the first place.  I haven't realised you needed negative ease with cushions to make them puffy! 

Christmas unicorn flannel PJs

These are my Christmas Unicorn Flannel PJs.  So pleased with these - despite them being made in the middle of summer.  I am surprisingly keen to wear them (but not quite enough for the crappy weather to come back).



There's so much right about these.  Pockets, owls, flannel, 'unicorn' coloured pom poms and contrasting mint flannel.



I like the way the pockets are constructed.  I wonder if I should have pattern matched more.



I used another of my new eyelet sets - I think I might be getting addicted to using these on projects.  Unfortunately the ribbon I used for the waist ties was too hard to pull out of the small size and I pulled one loose (just pretend with me that they're still fine, ok?).



I bought this pom pom trim at Spotlight when I had to spend a certain amount to qualify for a reduction voucher.  And I've been waiting for a great time to use it.  The colours really work with the owl fabric.  I bought the owl flannel at Fabric a Brac.  I've only used up half of it so hope to make up matching PJs for my little person and her cousin!



Pattern: McCall's Kwik sew 3882 Misses' 
Size: Between an L and XL.  I just remade the size from the last time (but I can't seem to find the post).  Weirdly it was in my pre-tracing days in 2014 and I cut into the pattern itself.  Luckily its fairly generous sizing.
Fabric: Cotton flannel - owls from fabric a brac and mint from spotlight
Learnt: Be careful about pulling too much ribbon through eyelets as it pulls them off (oophs) and the pattern was so much easier to make up this time than when I made it in 2014.  I was really annoyed making up the contrasting waistband before but I appreciate the detailing this time and it wasn't that much more fiddly for a more polished look.

Christmas cards

The next lot of Christmas cards for this year.  I stuck with reusing Christmas cards we were given previously.  

Self drafted apron

BM requested a new apron and I raided my stash.  The pattern is self drafted and I've used it before to create this one.  I played around with a few different details this time. 



And I remembered to interface it!  I used my snazzy (ok, not really) new eyelet kit and used polyester straps I had on hand.  I really love reusing bits!



The main fabric was one of my first fabric purchases and the lining is quilting cotton - also from my stash.  Added a pocket to the front.  Rather pleased with the final result.