Fibermania

Cushy

The folding chairs at the knitting group sites are metal, cold and hard. Last week we met at Hobby Lobby (and I had a coupon)  so as soon as I sat on that cold hard seat I lept up and went into the store and purchased a foam cushion, unadorned. My pal Judy suggested that I make a knitted cover, but having been there and done that I decided to use fabric instead.

I had a started patchwork piece and lots of triangles ready to use, so I thought this would just fall into place in minutes. But it turned into hours since I had to make it TO SIZE. Ugh. I never have to do that anymore, so that part was a bit like work. The cushion form is 14.25 inches square, and 2.25 deep. All those fractions made me nuts. Plus I had to devise a closure, since I didn't have a zipper handy to match these colors.

But I did have buttons, so I made this flap and it works pretty well. At least I don't have to sit on the buttons. The cushion is just right now, with it's Melody-ness evident and I expect my bum will be quite happy at knitting tomorrow.

 I used some hand dyed heavier threads for some of the machine quilting. The patchwork is actually sewn, not fused, because of course I expect a lot of wear for this item. The top is quilted to cotton batting, but without backing fabric. The foam insert is covered with thicker batting to fill in the minor gaps that might occur. All fabrics are hand dyed cottons, by me of course.