Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Brown

Ok, so I know that not everyone is a big fan of brown. It is, I have to admit, not my favourite. But I think that is due to a childhood in the 70s and parents that thought mustard and brown were good colour combinations. Anyway, my sister (she got to wear pink and blue) does like brown. I wanted to make her a house warming gift and made this star cushion.




I actually quite like it. I used some Denyse Schmidt prints and a Starflower pattern. I wanted it to be quite sturdy but still soft so used interfacing and batting. I am hoping it will go nicely in my sisters new home.

Caroline x

10 comments:

  1. I think it's lovely and sure it will go perfectly. As a child I had to wear a school uniform which was chocolate brown and golden yellow. Nice!

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  2. It looks great and your quilting is awesome:-)

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  3. Oh I love that DS brown. Have some myself! Gorgeous cushion and loving the way you quilted it.

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  4. it looks wonderful xx I dont have a problem with brown... infact use it quite a lot xx

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  5. I don't tend to wear a lot of brown or keep a lot of it in my house- but then I see projects like these that make me want to run out and buy a bunch of brown fabric! Lovely pillow :)

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  6. Oh, it is lovely I am sure your sister will like it enormously! My school uniform was blue so no bad memories of brown for me. I do remember brown and orange wallpaper that my parents had when I was young, very headache inducing!

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  7. Such a cute pillow! There are some really nice brown fabrics out there every now and again.

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  8. I think it's very pretty - even with the brown :) love the quilting.

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  9. How well I remember those 70s browns!

    Your cushion looks splendid though.

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  10. and as your sister I can confirm it looks blooming brilliant on my (brown) leather sofa! x

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