Black and White Gingham Cushion
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The black and white gingham rectangle cushion I made the centre panel puffy by adding wadding. Have a larger piece of fabric than the black fabric to sandwich the two fabrics together | |
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Once you have the amount of wadding to give the puffy look, pin the black fabric and backing fabric together with the wadding sandwiched between the two | |
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Photograph of the wadding sandwiched together | |
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Stitch all around the centre panel using your machine with a straight stitch | |
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Photograph of the front puffy centre panel | |
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Cut from the centre of the black and white gingham a rectangle. Pin the puffy centre panel onto the black and white gingham as shown in the photograph | |
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I left over night a number of books on top of the puffy centre. Do not worry it will be still puffy but not over the top | |
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Stitch the puffy centre piece using your straight stitch. Stitch over the straight with a zigzag stitch and then stitch over the zigzag stitch using a satin stitch | |
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In the enlarged photograph you will see where I have used the satin stitch and then stitched on the black and white poker dot ribbon | |
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This is a scan of the actual drawing I did. As you can see it is a very rough drawing for the Charlotte design | |
Black and White Gingham Round Cushion | |
Stitch the design out on a nice linen. Using a saucer or something that is slightly larger than the design. |
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Mark either using a blue pen or chalk. This will be where you will tack the the black and white gingham down | |
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By using the gingham I was able to make evan pleats by pinning | |
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Stitched over the pleats I had made using the pins with a straight stitch | |
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Using the blue pen marking I was able to make a nice circle surrounding the design | |
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Stitched down the pleated section over the white linen. This is back of the design | |
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I added a panel for the sides once again using the black and white gingham | |
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To hide the pleating I stitched on a simple black braid |