November finishes

 This month I finished some projects and I worked on two other projects. My OMG for November was to finish the two cushion covers I had planned to make as part of a Winter swap. The designs are from Jen Kingwell. She just published a new book that I absolute want ..... however I never used her book I bought a few years ago. So that was a no-go. What better way to use her book for some cushion covers. And now I am addicted and want to make more.

1) Red modern Christmas cushion cover 

For this cushion cover I followed the book's instructions and a variety of Christmas red and green fabrics. The end result is this colorful modern holiday cushion cover. Well the way I finished the back allows to also use as a small tabletopper.

The fabric combination really makes this a festive contribution to a Christmas decor.

 

This is the first time I use my new label that I ordered this month, simple. the backing is cotton I bought a few years ago on line in the UK

 

2) Winter cushion cover

 

Why read instructions right, especially if the pattern looks so easy. I did follow the instructions to cut all the pieces and started sewing using my sewing machine. Lots of Y seems ... And then I looked again as something just did not make sense .... I cut the pieces of fabric for hand piecing. For machine sewing the fabric was cut differently ..... After ironing the top looked awful, so I carefully washed the top, ironed again a few times .... very carefully. And sew a border around the top. Now that looked way much better. I used a bit thicker batting giving some volume to the top and the wobbly was no longer wobbly. This one also made it to the finish line in time. Also with the option to either use as a mini table topper or as a cushion cover.

 

3) Winter table top/wall hanging

 

As my second cushion cover was on its way to become a disaster I decided to try a third model of the Jen kingswell book. this pattern is for a quilt and I adapted this to a square. I really like how this is turning out and need to decide if I turn this into a table top/wall hanging or a large cushion cover.

 

linking up with Patty's OMG for November at Elm Street Quilts