Now that I am confident crocheting the Simple Tunisian Stitch I got going on a project to replace a cushion cover in my favourite colour, turquoise.
The cushion itself was an 18th inch cushion and I started off with enough chains to match the width of this cushion. I didn't allow more than 1cm of overlap as the cushion wasn't particularly dense so making it a tight fit would mean no sag and help plump up the pillow.
I designed this with ease in mind as I didn't want to have a zip or buttons as a closure. I created the back panel larger than the front so that it overlapped the front. I then sewed the overlap down onto the side seams. At this point I had already joined all the other seams together with a crochet stitch. I found it better to join the bottom seam first and then worked from the bottom edges up. This way I knew it would be a perfect fit.
I spent the morning thinking how I could add a nice trim to the edge of the overlap and experimented with chains and clusters but wasn't happy with the outcome so ripping this out, I then added chains that I joined at intervals. I then made some pompoms to tie onto the chains. My smallest pompom maker by Clover made pompoms that were too large so I made use of my multipom pompom maker and this produced much smaller pompoms for me which were the size I needed.
I have now finished my cushion and here it is.
The cushion itself was an 18th inch cushion and I started off with enough chains to match the width of this cushion. I didn't allow more than 1cm of overlap as the cushion wasn't particularly dense so making it a tight fit would mean no sag and help plump up the pillow.
I designed this with ease in mind as I didn't want to have a zip or buttons as a closure. I created the back panel larger than the front so that it overlapped the front. I then sewed the overlap down onto the side seams. At this point I had already joined all the other seams together with a crochet stitch. I found it better to join the bottom seam first and then worked from the bottom edges up. This way I knew it would be a perfect fit.
I spent the morning thinking how I could add a nice trim to the edge of the overlap and experimented with chains and clusters but wasn't happy with the outcome so ripping this out, I then added chains that I joined at intervals. I then made some pompoms to tie onto the chains. My smallest pompom maker by Clover made pompoms that were too large so I made use of my multipom pompom maker and this produced much smaller pompoms for me which were the size I needed.
I have now finished my cushion and here it is.
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