It’s a cushion!

This morning I spent time trying the Nordic Square against fabric in my stash. The best option was a patterned piece of Ink and Spindle linen. I was tempted, but perhaps a bit of overkill.

I had also done quite a bit of searching online, to see if I could find a suitably coloured cushion back, to save me constructing one. No luck with that.

I did, however, find a lot of cushions. and began to wonder if I could find a suitably coloured cushion cover to which I could add the embroidery.  None of them appeared to be the right shade of navy, until I came across one in an Adair's sale email. 

So this afternoon I headed to Adair's with the embroidery in hand to look at their Navy Belgian Vintage Washed Linen cushion. I couldn't locate it on their shelves but a helpful assistant went to their storeroom and came back with one. When I placed the embroidery on it, the assistant suggested I buy a lottery ticket - it was clearly my lucky day!

It is 50cm square and lovely quality. The filling is feather. Even better, I don't have to make it!

Back at home, I ironed the square, folded in the edges to 4cm all around, pinned the square on the cushion - yes, I did measure in all directions rather than judging by eye. 

I considered whether to attach it using just the same cream colour as the existing border or whether to add some brown and blue. I had a variety of ideas 

I started with the simple option. It was a bit tricky to get the tension right. Obviously I had to take the cover off and work it in my hand. It wouldn't go into a hoop or frame.

I liked the result and decided against further embellishment.

My decore isn't navy and I would be open to gifting it to any family member with a matching colour scheme. In the meantime, I'm pretty chuffed with this result  and it's not out of place on my Alison Snepp -designed Men of Skyros chair. The cushion is, after all,  a Japanese pattern of a Nordic design embroidered in Australia and mounted on a cushion made from Belgian linen. 

Sometimes it's a wonderful world (and I just bought tickets in the Deaf Lottery, which closes in 3 days).