Circle in Square Pillow

Hello Friends...

Some of you may remember awhile back I had started this pretty little pillow project: http://moderngracedesign.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-life-to-old-project.html.  Well, I finally finished it the other week, and was waiting for sunny weather to take some pictures.  The weather never seems to cooperate when I need to do a 'photo shoot'!

I made an envelope cushion cover out of some old drapes and hand stitched the crochet front to the front of the cushion.  This was my first time sewing a cushion cover from scratch...I must say, it was super easy, and I was quite pleased with the results.

To finish off, I did a simple little shell stitch along the edging.  On the back, I added a cute slip and chain stitch to create a frilly little delicate edging. What do you think?

 

Exploring

Hello Friends...

This week, in between unpacking, sorting, cleaning and settling in, we did a bit of exploring around our new home.  We took a short drive down to the water.  We live on lake Ontario, which is huge, so there are many nooks and crannies to be explored.  Close to us is the Humber Bay, and there is a park there with a butterfly walk.  Although we did not see any interesting butterflies, the wild flowers were beautiful.  The next day, J. took some fab photos of a butterfly in our backyard.

Lake Ontario.