Xmas Cards in a Box

Have a great Christmas!

Been making some Christmas cards to give away to family and friends.  Hope you are having a great time making your own Christmas cards too. The above card was made from the Hunkydory 'A Christmas Hoot' luxury card collection. 

In September I did a blog on the Hunkydory 'Card in a Box  - Autumn Surprise' range. Now they have another collection called 'Snowflake Surprise'. (see photo below). Love these cards. They make a great card to send someone special.   

Have a great Christmas and keep crafting!

Quilted Cushion

My Diamond Log Cabin Xmas Cushion

Hope you like my oversized Xmas cushion. I am still very much a novice when it comes to quilting and patchwork. The pattern I was given - was for a cute little cushion/ornament for Xmas.  I knew I had a lot of  Xmas scraps of cotton material - so I decided to make a much bigger cushion one that I could use - not just look at!

I started my pattern with a 1 inch green diamond shape and made 20 x 3/4 inch strips of six different cotton xmas fabrics to form the diamond patchwork shape (see photo below). These panels I hand stitched. You need six of these diamond panels.

When all six diamond sections were completed.  I hand stitched three panels together and joined another three panels across the middle (see photo below). Thus forming my cushion front.

The back of the cushion I used a plain green cotton fabric - I did then use my sewing machine so I would have a secure edge for my cushion. It took quite a lot of filling.

 Made a round button for the middle and secured a button onto the back of the cushion.

 Viola my cushion was born!