Combining Cross-stitching and patchwork.
I finished the stitching last Sunday - and as I had the machine out playing with fabric and Ohio Star piecing, (at least that's what I think that pattern is called), grabbed 3 fat quarters and put this cushion top together. I'd already decided that I wanted the stitching to be off-centre, and I think the blue really picks up the hot-pink fabric. It doesn't matter that the colours don't match my house! It makes it stand out all that much more!
I played with a bit of crazy patchwork for the back of the cushion with the scraps, because I just don't think it's right for a back of a cushion to be all one fabric. Only the pink buttons fasten it up, the white ones are for decoration. I need to get more polyfill for the cushion to get it to fill properly, but Happy Dance for me!!! another finish!!!!

Very nice, I love snowmen!

Oh that's darling!!!! Love it!
And yes, they are Ohio Stars :D

Snow cute. Love it!

Adorable!!! I love your creativity :D:D:D

I love snowmen :thumbup: And the colors make it pop :mrgreen:

Cute cushion...but I live in Pennsylvania...last winter was the third worst in our history...soooooo I dont like the sentiment lol

Margie

Cute cushion!! But keep the snow down there, I live in Florida and don't want to see the WHITE stuff anymore,lol!!

So Cute & Sassy! Love It!

That is cute. You did a great job.

Nice Job! Congratulations!

Great Job on both parts... Isn't it fun to Happy Dance :)

I LOVE it. Pretty white fabric you used. And also I have a thing for buttons so I love the back very much!

You have done a Great job with your cross stitch & quilting, in making this wonderful cushion!! :D I am so proud of you!! it's just beautiful. Thank you for sharing with all of us!!
:D :D :D :D

Beautiful and so cute, bronny.

WOW, that is great, love it.

How sweet!! I love it!

Love the pillow - so cute.

I love it. The colors work real well together and the combination of combination of cross-stitching and patchwork are great!

Snowmen are my favorite. I love decorating with them at Christmas.

Thank you for sharing!

CUTE!! :thumbup:

Wow! That is so cute! I didn't realize how much I love the combination of blue-pink-white till I saw your picture. I think this color combination is in my very near future.

I especially like the cross stitching. I used to do that, but it takes me so long! I would have taken 12 years to get that snowman done!

Beautiful!

Very cute and unique! Love finding new ways to incorporate my quilt blocks into something other than a quilt! Just realized I have some finished cross stitch that I can put in to use.

Very original. Its adorable for the winter. It will look beatuiful on a chair.

That is so cute!! I love snowmen!!!

Aw, really cute!

love it so cute

Very cute!!

Oh how sweet! I love the pink and navy together. Is it cold where you are now?

cute, thanks for sharing!

It's chilly right now, but nowhere near as cold as I've seen photos of the USA. Here in the outer suburbs of Melbourne (southern state Victoria), it may get down to -1c once or twice a year, but the average winter temperature is about 8-10 for about 4 weeks.
Where I live is about 1hours serious drive from the snowfields. I don't like snow, don't ever care to see it, but last year it seemed that every cross-stitch chart that called to me, featured a snowman. I therefore deemed 2010 'The year of the Snowman'. I cannot start stitching any new cross-stitch project this year unless it has a snowman. (of course, picking up WIP's or patchwork is not included in this plan)
However, this year, it is the humble sheep, that keeps inspiring me. 2011 will be the year of the sheep!!

thanks for all your lovely comments!! They really give me the warm fuzzies!!

nice!!