Some little handmade gifts

Over the long weekend, I made up some little gifts for a couple of people, all ready to give to them this week.

First up was this cute little mug rug. I like how the wedge shape reminds me of wedges of cake! It's a pretty little one and simply quilted. This is for my mother-in-law who is visiting today, as part of her Mother's Day present. I will have a tute for how to make this as part of the {Sew} Get Started series, next Monday. It will be a nice, easy, fun introduction to quilting!

Then, on Sunday when I was browsing through my reader on my phone (while enjoying my breakfast in bed!), I spotted a fabulous string pieced cushion/pillow on Samelia's Mum's blog. She made it all with solids, I thought it was just perfect! And I instantly wanted to make one, particularly as Anorina did a great tute for it too.

So, later that day when I was out shopping, I spied this cheap and horrible faux silk cushion in Tesco, reduced in the clearance to €2.50 and couldn't pass it up as a bargain.

I came home and dragged out my fabrics, including some of the large DS scraps Elaine sent me, and some Hope Valley that I got early in the new year, and I made this up as a scrappy cushion and replaced that horrible cover with this one. Hey presto, something lovely out of something awful! It's a little outside my normal colour range, but was made to match a particular colour scheme for the person its going to.

I quilted it 1/4" in from each of the seams, and love how it looks, and the way your eye is drawn to something new every time you look at it.

I intended to put a zipped back on it but didn't have a long enough zipper, so I made a simple envelope one instead.

This will be gifted later on in the week and I hope the recipient likes it!