Sofa inspiration

Hello Friends.

Before we get onto sofa goodness. I must say thank you for these two lovely blog awards.

Thank you to Devonaz

Thank you Marigold Jam
I just need to say these two awards come with rules and stuff. I'm afraid I don't do rules on my blog. Sorry. I do rules everywhere else, honest. It's just here I rebel. Sorry again, but even though I don't do the rules part, I really do appreciate the sentiment and though behind them. I just don't understand why if you want to give someone something you have to attach rules to it.
So once again thank you very much girls, I'm truly chuffed.

Sofa Inspiration.

Thank you, thank you, for all of your comments, thoughts and help searching for patchwork sofa covers. You've all been fantastic.

This chair is from Freds World. I really like this one, I think it's the colours. There is nothing here that jars or catches the eye too much and of course all of the fabrics are very pretty.

This one is from Make your way around Britain blog again the colours are all similar, nothing 'too in your face'.


This one is from Vintage Home, quite different to the others. Still floral and patch worked but this one has stronger colours and more contrast.

And lastly this one is from Posy. I love the use of the old embroidered linen and goodness knows I must have enough of those to cover my sofa, but I really don't think this would be hard wearing enough.

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Soooo... I think I'm going to go for it.

Whoohoo!

That's maybe not the right thing to say on a blog, as now there are people out there with expectations. Lol!

I think Esta was right with her comment, when she said I could maybe do with a spotty or check fabric to break up the pattern a bit. Only I don't have any spot or check suitable and for me this project was to recycle the fabrics I already have without incurring any extra costs, apart from a couple of zips.

I think as Martha suggested, I will make it a little more 'organised' (fabric amounts allowing) I'll try and make the patchwork more symmetrical. If I use red on the front of one arm I'll try and do the same on the other one, that kind of thing.

Also I'm going to try and make the covers as fitted as I can, but make separate pieces. I'll make separate pieces for each arm that fit but just tuck well in down the cushion side. Then a separate piece for the back that will tuck in. Hopefully this will look like one big tidy cover but I'll be able to remove it in smaller parts for washing. Does that sound like a good idea? Well only time will tell.

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Thanks once again for all of your comments, "for and against", it really has helped to hear what you think especially as a lot of you are seamstresses. I looked at a lots of websites for inspiration and tutorials which have been helpful, and now I'm going to do my own thing. After all, the fabric won't have cost me more than £10 as it's all from charity shops. I will be recycling, it will be a new sewing experience for me and it will make the sofa unique. If the worst comes to the worst, I'll have ready made pattern pieces for new fabric.

Hopefully it will be a win, win situation.

Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Well all that Internet searching wasn't getting any sewing done. I needed something simple to keep my hands busy. You might remember I acquired this piece of patchwork from the charity shop last year. It's a decent sized chunk but a very odd shape. To make the best use of it, I've started to unpick the hexagons from the top skinny end and restitch them down at the bottom to make a squarer shape.

I decided it would look odd if I started to add new fabrics as these are all from the 1970's or earlier and not the sort of colours or patterns that I have in my stash.

I'm so looking forward to getting it quilted so I can give it a wash, it's a little bit fusty!
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Hopefully next time I'll have a little tutorial on 'raw edge machine applique' for you.
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See you next time.
Love Fi x