I've become a bit obsessed by pin-tucking over the past few weeks.
Years ago we had two lovely red velevet circular pin-tucked cushions that my mother made in a nightclass.
they looked a bit like this fab cushion from Four Square Walls ...
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I'd forgotten all about these lovely cushions until recently, when I bought this lovely heavy teal velvet remnant in the local Drapery Shop
I went on a Pinterest hunt for some tutorials (pop over & visit my Perfect Pillows & Cool Cushions board )
I love the look of the circular cushions but thought it might be a bit difficult for a first pintuck project (I also DREAD the thought of trying to cover a button !)
All of my sewing machines are on the blink and I'm feeling a bit 'Meh!' about my current crochet project so this is the perfect time to attemp a hand sewing adventure. After only 2 rows I was hooked !
Here's where I am so far ...
Its not perfect but its not bad ! & I've really enjoyed sewing away in front of the TV all this week.
Not unlike crochet its a nice rythmic task (and easy to see when you've made a mistake !
Now all I need to do is get my sewing machine fixed and I can turn this into a fab cushion for my sitting room. I intend to back the cushion in another fabric - I don't have enough of this velvet and I want to make a matching pair. When I make the next cushion I'll create a tutorial too !
Here's another two of my other favourite pin tucking tutorials for the 'to do' list !
Loving these colours from sew-whats-new.com ...
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Wow I am so impressed with your pin-tucking it looks amazing. It's not something I've tried and you've definitely got me interested. I hope your sewing machines are back in action soon. I imagine your having serious withdrawals.
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Aww ! Thanks Ali ! (you always say the sweetest things !)
DeleteHubby reckons he has by sewing machine sorted so I'm going to give it a go this evening after work....fingers crossed !
S x
It looks awesome, is it hard to do? I am looking forward to seeing the finished cushion
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DeleteIts not really that difficult to do - you just need to draw a grid on the reverse of the material and then sew a selection of the squares from corner to corner diagonally. Hope to have it finished soon (even though I got nothing done all wekend ! I'll write a tutorial with the next one :)
S
The pin tucking looks very good for a new cushion, something I've never tried to do - it looks as if it might be quite fiddly?
ReplyDeleteIt's a wee bit fiddly but the velvet is VERY heavy material - I think if I'd picked a lighter material it'd have been a lot easier ( but looked a lot different too ) It's not so diddly as to turn me off though, it's really cool to see the pattern emerging on the right side of the fabric !
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Diddly ? I blame spell check ! :)
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