I Procrastinated, Cogitated and Deliberated

All day yesterday I kept putting off making the new cushion covers.  I hoovered the whole of the downstairs, washed the kitchen and hall floors, got on my hands and knees with the 1001 Carpet Cleaner and rubbed out some of the peculiar little black spots that keep appearing on the living room carpet.  Then I listed a few items on ebay and generally messed about all afternoon.  Finally, in the early evening I went out and cleaned the back windows.  Anything to put off the moment of actually cutting out the cushion covers.  Finally, at about 8.00 pm I could put it off no longer (plus I was heartily sick of myself for so much procrastination) and within half an hour I'd not only cut them out, ironed the fabric, got out the sewing machine, found a vaguely decent match for the thread, but they were sewn up, the feather pads inserted and they were gracing the settee.

I was so pleased with how they turned out.  I'm sure an envelope-back cushion cover is one of the simplest things in the world to sew but I'd never done one before and I really didn't want to mess up the lovely Amy Butler fabric.  I used the original cushion covers as a template and it all worked out beautifully.  One pad is ever so slightly smaller than the other but it really doesn't notice, and the gorgeous pattern of the fabric has cheered up our totally plain dark green settee immensely.

Now I'm eyeing up all the other cushions in the living room and thinking how nice they'd look with new covers too!

Comments

[Claire]

The cushions look fab - I know well the anxiety about cutting into fabric that you are afraid of "cocking it all up" but they look great x

[Gill]

Hi Elizabeth, long time no speak, nice to catch up with your posts...I see you've been busy, lots of nice bags, and your cushions look fab. They're so easy to make but it's the thought of starting that puts you off sometimes. Belated Happy Birthday, hope you had a good day, your Mum and sister know what makes you happy I can see!
Speak soon
Gill x