The theme for the engagement party is sunflower picnic. I bought a cheap blue throw to use as a picnic blanket and saw some sunflower yellow cushions so I bought those and hoped to buy some blue cushions as well but I couldn't find any. So I bought another blue throw and used that to make cushions. As these will probably be one use only I wasn't going to spend hours on them (says she after spending days painting letters that will be thrown out after use!) so I folded the throw into quarters and cut along the folds willy nilly with scissors. I ended up with four pieces of fabric that looked like this picture.
I then folded it up like a pillowcase and stitched the edges closed leaving the centre open.
Because I wasn't going to do a great job of hand sewing that opening closed I then used the lining from the first set of curtains to make two cushion inserts.
The stuffing probably took longer that making the whole thing!
I put the insert inside the cover and hand stitched the hole closed.
Ta da! They turned out nicer than I'd hoped.
I then made a couple of square cushions.
And that left me with these two long strips and I wasn't going to waste them so I stitched them together and cut out another square cushion.
Ta da! These are lumpier and bumpier than the ones I put a cushion inset inside. But they're ok.
They've been useful already! My son's girlfriend hurt her ankle. She was feeling very sorry for herself.
I started my paper mâché baguette for the picnic scene. I boiled some torn up toilet paper and made a pulp. After straining I added glue. I saw a video where the gluey pulp was then rolled out and wrapped around the tube form but when I tried the pulp stuck to the rolling pin and not to the form!
So I grabbed handfuls of it and squashed it onto my form. It took forever to dry!
Once it was dry it looked like a pile of pulped up toilet paper stuck on a form so I bought some of that ready made filler you fill holes in your walls with and smeared that all over. I bought a real French stick at the shop so I could attempt to copy one but before I had a chance to use it my dog stole it and ate it. I didn't kill him.
But I had realised that the real bread isn't as smooth as I was trying to make it so that was good because it made things a bit easier. My next task is to paint it and I'm very nervous! I hope it all works out!
How are the curtains I hear you ask? Well I can't actually hear you ask because I don't even know if anyone even reads this but I'll pretend! The curtain was too long originally so I shortened it but luckily hadn't sewn it. And it was too short. It's still too short because I've lost the will to finish them! I'll do the second curtain and hang that and then I'll hem them whilst they're hanging. Fingers crossed that they'll be just right!
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