There once was an ugly duckling...

...well. more of an ugly footstool really :) A bargain, £5 from one of our local charity shops. Everyone thought I'd lost the plot when I said this 80s monstrosity would be perfect.

I'm very happy to prove that it is perfect after all! My footstool is now a swan ;)

Melody Miller, Echino and Anna Maria Horner make for a very glamorous footstool. I'm so pleased to have finally sneaked some animal print into our front room :) The family are not so pleased but hey, I made it so they'll have to suck it up ;)

I've had most of the prints for a few years and have been waiting for the right project to break them out. This was it!

The finishing touch was this funky stud trim that I acquired from Ebay. I'm pretty much in love! Look it works :)

Catch you soon x

Happy, happy!

Today I turned the Tile block in to a rather lovely cushion :) LOVE!!

Happy cushion :) 

 I did some basic straight line quilting on the machine to fix everything in place, then added some hand stitching in a vivid red Perle 8.

Close-up of quilting

I used another of the Ruby Star Shining prints for the back of the cushion. I just love this range. Melody Miller seems incapable of designing a crap range which is great news for us :) I used 2 different coloured buttons for the closure which goes against the grain of my normal need for symmetry but I think it works here.

Obviously I need a new cushion like a hole in the head but what can I tell you? I just love cushions ;) Catch you soon x