our very own story cushions...........

here's a peep at the story cushions i made ella & i last week........it's so lovely to make something for us- so much 'stuff' here comes in as fabric i have found & loved- & then goes out as bunting, or cushions, or bags to someone else........these are keepers- you'd have to wrestle them off us!

i couldn't love them anymore as they mean soo much to me...
moments in time when we have all been somewhere together........or bits of fabric i've stumbled upon gleefully as the kids & ritchie wait outside yet another 2nd hand shop.....

put together randomly, with no set layout, these cushions truely are made up of all parts of our life...

the beach, sun and light in australia, the endless farms, summer picnics & countyside in england.....& the magic heavenly trips to europe....

it's not a life 'patchworked' clearly & simply but a bit ramshackled & random.....
hopefully creating special childhood memories for our kids...

i also had some beautiful french linen napkins left & some gorgeous heavy 'lace doilies' - i wonder if you call them doilies here in old blighty {??}- that i just couldn't cut up to use in the patchwork story cushions- so i also made two lovely little cushions for our armchairs- very simple & very farmhouse french- well i can wish can't i..........

you can't really ever have enough cushions & throws in life.....anything that makes you stop & just 'be' for a bit is a good thing.......


psssst........we are of to Roma- sans lovely short people next weekend & i was wondering if anyone had heard of a market that sells linen- amongst other 'must have' goodies?
don't think that the husband will carry home another teaset for me- even if it is italian- so...with my british bestie jane- i'm aiming for linen- light, gorgeous & not to break the budget would work for this gal!

let me know it you're in the know........x