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the showcase for your cushions

Welcome to the Cushion Gallery.

I have created this page for YOU, visitors to my site, so that you can show how creative you have been in making a cushion, cushion cover, or a cushioned item. Be it very simple or complicated everybody's idea of achievement is very different and all will be respected.

Have you just finished a cushion or cover that you may have worked on for a long time. The end result is much better than you thought it would be and it looks fantastic....

Have you just started sewing and you have made your first cushion or cover or any other cushioned item that you are really proud of....

Have you tried to do a more complicated sewing project that looks just great....

When I am building the pages for my site and describing the different ways of making cushions. I make them so I can take pictures at every stage to help with the explanations.

One kind of sewing work I had never done was reverse applique.

This took me a long time to make but when it was finished I was really pleased with the result and the effect cutting away the fabric gave. I made a few mistakes along the way and for me the hardest part was to think of a picture to draw and getting all the layers of material in the correct order.

 

Made a cushion or a cover?

Whether it has taken you days or hours to complete, are you proud of it? Is it the first item you have ever sewn? Are you really pleased with how it has turned out?

Why not show the end result in the gallery.

What did you make?

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View Cushions Other Visitors Have Made

Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page...

Quilted Cushion  
I made this as part of a GCSE project.

I joined the 3 coloured panels together and sandwiched thin wadding between these and a backing layer.

The ...
Applique Floor Cushion  
Using scraps of tie-dyed materials to make autumn leaves and the tabby cat, I cut out the shapes and used an iron on webbing to attach them to the background....
A Ribbon Cushion  
I made this years ago when I attended a class at the local college.

Basically two different shades of the same colour of ribbon are woven together to ...
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Cushion Shapes

Not all cushions are square

The cushion shapes can play an important part of your interior look and have just as much impact as the types of designs that you choose.

When most people think of a cushion they imagine a soft padded cushion in usually a square shape.

This doesn't need to be always the case as there are cushions that have a cylindrical shape. These rounded cushions are called bolsters and fit very nicely into the side of a chair or settee. They are a good design for a head-rest cushion for that extra bit of support.

Heart shaped cushions bring out your feminine side and can give a room a romantic feel. These cushions or pillows look very good in the bedroom but are just as at home in the lounge or any other room you choose.

A shape that is very good for giving a different appearance and for a cushioned seat is round cushions.

If your passion is playing cards then why not add cushions in club, diamond and spade shapes.

Living by the seaside? or have an interest in Astronomy? Then why not make some cushions in star shapes.

Whatever shaped cushion you decide to make you can put the filling straight into the cushion and then sew the seams together. This is ideal if the cushion is for decoration only and will not get a lot of day to day wear. The whole cushion will then need to be washed or cleaned.

If you would like to have a cushion with a removable cover then thecushion pad will need to be made in the same shape.

As you can see the designs of cushions are not the only way to personalise your room in making it yours. Shapes can enhance your individuality as well.