I can see a rainbow

Sorry for not posting the last couple of days. I had planned to do a post yesterday, but my day ended up being so unbelievable hectic, that when I did get a moment to sit down and write something I could barely keep my eyes open long enough to string a sentence together.

I did manage to post a picture onto Flickr yesterday of my recently completed cushion cover. I couldn't believe when I logged onto my email this morning to see so many lovely comments. What a lovely thing to wake up to! Thank you to everyone who posted a comment! : )
I love white cotton, especially now the warmer months are slowly making their way towards us, and wanted to combine the cool crispness of this with the beautiful bright Bali batiks that I had. The original plan was to just quilt straight lines with the rainbow thread round each square and then a decorated border. However after doing the first border, I loved the way it turned out so much that I kept going, and I think it has given it quite a nice effect. What do you think?

Another view of the cushion, as you can see all the colours of the rainbow are there, plus a little extra, I just had to add bit of pink!

This is the back view. I used an off white cotton, making an envelope closure, and added the same decorated stitch that I used on the front. I love this stitch and doesn't it look like a string of mini rainbows? I doubled the fabric over to make a nice thick and sturdy backing, which gives it a nice feel.

This cushion cover is another one from the Elements range that I am working on. Can you guess which one this might be? I hope your thinking fire! : )

To really make the reds and yellows stand out more I used a black cotton fabric for the border and red cotton fabric for the back, again with an envelope closure.

Another thing I wanted to start doing yesterday was to add some listings to my Etsy Shop,but that was another thing that was not meant to be. So my mission today and tomorrow is to start doing that. I will update on here once I have done so. So please feel free to check back for updates.

Well that is all from me for now. Have a good day!

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