# 9

Pheasant tapestry cushion - complete at last

OK here is something which is not a knitted square!  These beautiful birds have been waiting patiently for a long time!!    Here is the story.

Slightly irregular shape required

Tapestry rescued from the Hospice garage sale a while back.  Then my friend Karen loving filled in some holes.  This girl is an experienced stitcher, with a collection of beautiful cushions she has created, and a sharp eye - I confess I did not even know you held the tapestry up to the light to see the missed stitches.  Then it rested in the pile for a while.  Backed with a piece of stretch cotton velvet, left over from a top a decade back!

The shape of this cushion is a parallelogram I guess.  And as often happens it was not my best ever zip.  I must say that usually the best cushions covers I make are the 2nd or 3rd in the row.  By then I can remember the steps for inserting the zip.  Anyway as with many things I make it is an exercise in self acceptance, and relish that although it was not my best sewing ever it is done and already much admired!

Tricky fraction to simplify but this is 9/26 on my project target.  Already I can say that making things has been re-prioritized in an easy way.  And even when I needed to undo the cushion and add more stuffing today it really was not a big deal!

Helps that Monday is a home day - nothing like a little time on the sewing machine to motivate me through the household chores!