A few months ago I raved about a book I found in the library, called The New Crewel. Well, I actually went and did some crewelling. True to form though, I decided to bypass all the small projects and went straight for the 'let's make two big cushions for a wedding gift' as a first project.Some things I now know about crewelling:
- It takes longer than you think.
- You'll never look at a needle threader in the same way again. Should be made of gold, those things.
- It's much more enjoyable than you think.
So Zade and Jaz ended up with just the one cushion with a beautiful flax flower design, copied from their stunning wedding invitations.
If you're at all interested in crewelling, or want to know how to transfer a complicated design onto a thick fabric (if you can't rely on a light box), see my PDF tutorial on the topic. (Hope the link works; PDFs are kind of new to me!)
Crewel Cushion
5 comments:
How very flash! and welcome to toggle too by the way - hope your adventures aboard are prosperous!
Thanks very much Karen! It's only taken me 6 months to get organised :)
Oh how delightful...You were telling me about that book when we were last at K-bomb...awesome, it looks gorgeous!
I especially love the tutorial...well done honey! X
that looks amazing and like it would take forever!
good on you, a labour of love!
It makes our couch look flash honey!
Now one of our most treasured possessions and will be getting framed instead of spoiled over the years xx
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