Showing posts with label crochet cushion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crochet cushion. Show all posts

Aug 20, 2013

Finally I am here & a Nana Square Cushion

My dear people!

How i have missed this blogging world!! I have been gone away a long time...a bit too long a time. Hope it is not a reason for all you lovely people to forget me. I have hardly had the time to do anything these past few weeks...

If you want to know what kept me and my hook and my blogging separate, read on...Else skip to just read my last hooky adventure!

All was going fine, until disaster struck in the form of an angry young man - my little man - my son! He slammed a heavy door on his hand and there was a deep cut, along with a mad dash to the hospital. The doctor put on 5 teeny tiny stitches and told me again and again that everything will be back to normal. They had to remove his nail but he said that the root is intact and it would all seem the same in 2-3 months time.. But i was scared, the most i have ever been, and fell ill with a viral fever.

Till the stitches were removed, i used to baby sit him like he was a month old infant! In between this, we had lots of traveling to do, visiting my mother-in-laws place. On a more tragic note, she lost her mother to a paralytic attack and had to travel to her home town for the last rites. I was at my sister-in-laws place and then again we moved to my MIL's place... So in short, it has been a hectic, worrisome, tiring month for me!

But now, my son is fine, his nail is actually growing. The scar of the stitches is long gone and he is back to his naughty days.. In-fact he was back on the day his stitches were put too!! Also i am back in Hong Kong now.. Back to my sweet small home, and more importantly kids are back with their daddy dear and i am back with my helper! So all is well now :)

Ufff.....sorry for the long explanation.. Before all this happened, i had completed a cushion for my mom's house and had even clicked the snaps. But am posting it now, after more than 1 month..





A few details :

Yarn used : Stylecraft Special DK
Pattern : Nana square from The Royal Sisters HERE.
No of squares : 7 x 7 = 49
Joined using SCs holding RS together.

I joined the squares together and then when it was a 7 x 7 blanket i sewed it on to an existing cushion cover! Clever na, in that way i did not have to hook the back, the zipper on the existing cover provided a closure method and i also re-used an old item :)

Gosh, i missed blogging and more than that i missed visiting other blogs and reading about your crafty adventures :) I promise to cover my back log and set off on a blogger-land spree!! Do write in always and all ways, i love hearing from my lovely friends...

Love,
xxx

Apr 8, 2013

African Flower Cushion

Hello my dear lovelies!

How is your Monday? Hope the weekend was lovely and good times had ensured :)

Today, i am presenting you ladies with my lovely African Flower cushion..

Ta-daah!!!

  
You can find the free pattern for these hexagon lovelies HERE.
 Ok, now...confession time. Although the hexagons themselves are real easy peasy, the joining is a real pesky business. One which i did NOT, repeat, DID not enjoy in the least bit. The Join-as-you-go method is done for each hexagon point. But you still need to individually sew/stitch/seam the 6 sides and it is a boring task. I switched to doing a mattress stitch after 1 side of SCs. Normally i prefer joining 2 sides with SC as i feel its sturdy..But boy, i immediately saw the amount of edges and switched to my yarn needle :)

I crocheted the back with some alternating rows of DC's.
Finished it off with these lovely blue flower wooden buttons..


So here are my 2 cushion covers, with 4 different patterns for the front and back and four possible ways to play around with them!






BTW, these cushions are a gift for my MIL as her favorite color is BLUE..

We had a very crafty weekend here at my world. Will post pics soon on that. And also a new project which i am waiting to start.

Now, yours truly turned 30+ somethings in the last week and i did have a great day with my 2 kids n hubby. It was a very quiet affair, just us with some presents for my kids..and awesome pizza and pasta lunch at my kids favorite place in Hong Kong. But, that day did not end on a happy note as i lost my wallet and have been running about since then to get all my cards, ATM and identity done. I just returned today after getting a temporary Hong Kong ID as it is mandatory for anyone staying over 90 days here. The only consolation was i had no money in the wallet as i had not visited the ATM and was with my banker :)

But, i did order myself some gifts as only i know what books n yarn i need!! Of course we are always out of Yarn..

Do you guys agree with this :)??

Will do a post on my new books n yarn very very soon..
Till then, happy hooking, happy crafting and lead a happy being :)

Love,
xxx

Apr 2, 2013

Something Pretty

Hello my dear lovelies!!

HOW ARE YOU guys?? I know I know, I took off and did not bother to write in the last few days(weeks??).. Somehow I did check blogger-land every now and then, but did not find my mojo to write or do anything creative. I was lazy, I was just unwinding with my ripple and browsing a LOT. I blame Pinterest and such equally **bad** things for not blogging more often...

Also, I have started a strict work out schedule and strive to keep up to it at least for 5 days of the week. So in short, lotsa things to do, lotsa holidays as the little miss is having her Easter break and lotsa stuff to share with you guys - my adventures over the last few days..



This is my "something pretty" cushion. You can find the pattern for this pretty square HERE. From a long time I wanted to make this square and now doing my ripple I realized that I had lots of blue yarn in lovely yummy scrummy shades to spare and decided to have a go at the same.

I have done 4 x 4 squares with the following shades :

Aspen
Turquoise
Bluebell
Cloud Blue

The last row is in Cream.

The joining is in Meadow. All yarn is from StyleCraft Special DK.

I wanted the back of the cushion also to be useable. I made granny squares of 4 rounds with the join-as-you-go method.




For a closure I used buttons, alternated the blue and green ones and the button holes were 2 chains and followed with a row of SCs. Be sure to make buttons at small intervals so that the seam does show up.




I did a small border using THIS pattern. I am in love with the effect it has as a whole. The squares, the puff stitch flowers and the simple peek-a-boo border :)


This is my first cushion and I am smitten!! Bring it on...I have already started on my second one.. Another famous pattern - African Hexagon Flower. You can find it HERE.



Currently on my hook...

 
 
What is on your hook today?
Do write in as I love hearing from you my dear readers..

and a warm welcome to all my new friends from equally delightful places!

Love and more,
xxx