Le Challenge: Geometrics
The inspiration for Le Challenge came from these beautiful shoes:
...by Eley Kishimoto at Clarks shoes. I love the geometric cube design and I wanted to emulate this.
I set out by paper piecing a strip of cubes with no real idea of what I was going to make it into!
The final cushion looks like this:
I set out by paper piecing a strip of cubes with no real idea of what I was going to make it into!
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| Ready for paper piecing |
I hadn't done any paper piecing since the 1990s {when I was a teenager} and I had forgotten how laborious it was, so I made far fewer cubes than I had initially intended. I did some top stitching around the entire paper pieced shape so that it would hold as a piece to incorporate into something.
I settled on a cushion cover with the paper piecing in the centre of two pieces of fabric which echo what was already used in the patchwork.
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| Fabric: solids and a piece from Parson Grey |
Love Mrs Jones x
I love that shoe!! Amazing! I have the Parson grey fabric but was unsure what to do with it, thanks for the inspiration! And thanks for your participation in le challenge!
ReplyDeleteThe additional Parson Grey fabric was a happy accident as it was meant to go in a quilt for my youngest son, but I forgot all about it!
DeleteLove the way you carried the patterned blue fabric into the centre of the diamonds. Fab cushion!
ReplyDeleteI love that you used a shoes for inspiration.
ReplyDeleteIt's a gorgeous cushion and I love to see what inspired it - great use of the lovely Curious Nature fabric. Popping over from Le Challenge :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great cushion, I love EPP
ReplyDeleteLovely! How fab that a shoe inspired you! :)
ReplyDeleteA shoe inspired you? That is so cool!! Inspiration in unusual places!! The result is great!!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a beautiful cushion, you have used the shapes in such an interesting way! I love your inspiration too, I want those shoes!! Thank you for linking up to Le Challenge
ReplyDeleteOoh that has turned out really well, I love the colours. Really effective! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant! Such lovely colours and design.
ReplyDeleteVery cool, I love the illusion of the cube going both ways!
ReplyDeleteWonderful shoe and your cushion is fab!
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful!!! My husband loves the 3D looking quilts, and I'm not a big fan of EPP, but this might just sway me!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant design and colours. Those shoes sure are cool too! :)
ReplyDeleteThose shoes are amazing! Great job turning your inspiration into a very cool finish!
ReplyDeleteflicking back through your blog, love the shoes and the cushion !
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