So one of the quilts that I had on my list to get done from a few years ago was one I called "garden path". I quilted it, then over quilted with a heavier thread to quilt some flowers. I didn't like it at all. Then it ended up folded on the floor under my ironing board and my puppy Boots used to lie on it and keep me company while I was sewing. Boots went to camp during the summer and the quilt has been just hanging around since.
I was pinteresting one day and saw a whole bunch of posts about making foot stools. So, this quilt has become 2 lovely foot stools for my living room. This will keep us from putting our feet up on the coffee table.
I used the following links as the basis for my foot stools.
I used the following links as the basis for my foot stools.
I measured from the floor to the top of the couch cushion at 14". I have a 15" square ruler, so it was easy to cut the 15" squares and use the width of my sewing foot as my seam guide. I cut 6 squares for the cube. I sewed the squares together into the cube, leaving an opening along one edge. I had some bean bag pellets left over from making my granddaughter's bean bag chair in the summer.
This is where my plan fell apart! Have you ever tried pouring a very large bag of bean bag pellets into a small opening all on your own? Doesn't work very well! I've made a real mess, but I got it done.
Once I had filled the bag full enough, I hand stitched the opening closed.
A lovely sewn pouf and a practical project as well. Now to clean up the mess.
I had some of the quilt left over and instead of just pitching it, I decided to sew another pouf. This time I rotated the ruler a little bit and cut the squares on a bit of a diagonal.
Stuffing the pouf was way easier as I used up scraps from the rest of the quilt and some class stitching samples I had laying around.
I still needed more to stuff the pouf so folded and added some old towels and other scraps. One of the posts I found had suggested to fill the gaps with fibre fill. Since I couldn't find any at home and I wanted to get this pouf done, I just sewed it shut. This one is a bit softer and will make a really nice seat for a little one.
All that's left to do is print a picture or two and record these in my FINISH 2016 book.
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