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Hi there & welcome to Annie's Place. A place inspired by and named after my late Grandmother Annie. Somewhere I can be creative, and share my love for all things handmade. I like nothing better than sitting with hook & yarn, crafting something home spun & completely unique, or rustling up some yummy baked goodies. I live in a town with a beautiful embankment, situated on the River Great Ouse. You may know me as CosyKitty on Ravelry. Why not stop a while.....?!!

Friday, 25 April 2014

Reversible Crochet Cushion Version 2

Hello my dear crochet fiends, oops I mean friends. I'm back to share with you a project that I finished up just yesterday. It's another reversible cushion cover using an adaptation of both the Sunburst Pattern by Priscilla Hewitt and Jan Eaton's Square Target



On my last post I showed you the pile of little target squares I'd crocheted up. I decided to frame each 3 round motif in white dc's (UK double crochet stitches), just to give them a nice neat finish, and to help those colours pop a bit more.




I then used a htr (UK Half Treble Stitch) seam to join each square together. When using this method I tend to connect single blocks into rows first, then once I have the right configuration seam each row together (if that makes sense?)



The Half Treble seam gives a nice raised join, which adds dimension. I then moved on to prepping the other side to match for size. I had to add a couple of rows of htr's around my Sunburst Squares to make everything even. Both sides ending up 18" x 12".





I was now firmly onto the home straight and loving every minute of assembling this colourful hooky creation. Putting wrong sides together I crocheted the 2 panels using a htr seam once again. Happily it gave me a lovely piped look to the edge. 



Ta-Dah Moment!!!!!





Happy x

45 comments:

  1. Beautiful. Looks like a paintbox. xx

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  2. Love all those vibrant colors!! It turned out great! :)))

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  3. Absolutely stunning with rich gorgeous colours.
    luv
    irene
    xxxx

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  4. How beautiful. I love the colors.
    Have a nice weekend.

    Lisa

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  5. Looks fantastic, I particularly like the sunburst side... : )

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  6. Beautiful. What a gorgeous burst of colour. I love your reversible cushions, such a great idea. The sunburst side with the lovely ripple blanket behind looks particularly good. Have a good weekend.
    Jane x

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  7. It's beautiful, I agree with the other commenter who compared it to a paintbox palette, gorgeous

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  8. Cool, I like it Sharron. have a good weekend, hope you are happy and well.
    Andrea x

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  9. Wonderful! I love the htr joins, I've only ever used dc or whip stitch - the htr adds such beautiful definition, thanks for sharing! Chrissie x

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  10. Gorgeous beautiful, wowtastic, colourpoppin' fab! Especially the sunburst side, also love your ripple with black edge. May pinch some ideas!

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  11. So beautiful!
    Congratulations!
    Xoxo
    Nina

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  12. Both sides look great! and match wonderfully with the blankets :-)

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  13. You've done another fantastic job here Sharron - a stunning cushion - your work is always perfect in every way. Enjoy it! Love, Joy xo

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  14. Very pretty and what a great idea of putting pillow together! Thanks for sharing.

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  15. Beautiful colors! The whole project looks very "clean" like there isn't a single stitch out of place. Amazing!

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  16. Great job. Gorgeous colours. Happy weekend.

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  17. It looks fantastic, you make the most gorgeous cushions! :-) xxxx

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  18. it's gorgeous Annie, you are such a multi-coloured lady! like me! lovely work, Heather x

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  19. This is so beautiful! The colours are so bright and vibrant, and your work is so neat and tidy. Gorgeous!

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  20. Your cushion is truely beautiful - I love that each side is different as you could turn it over everyday for a different look. Thank you for the links to the patterns.

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  21. Ohhh love it Sharron, looks so cute in your lovely wicker chair, with your other beautiful crochet. Beautiful colours as usual and lovely patterns, Sam xxxx

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  22. I am so glad I happened on your blog. It is simply joyfull; such a sizzle of colour and design that I really wish I could crochet. - ( Well I sort of can but my tension is never the same twice). You are truly an artist. I will be following you and your new creative out pourings.

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  23. Wow, fabulous :-) Both sides are amazing in colour and workwomanship.
    Tracey xx

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  24. If I said its beautiful I would be repeating myself. You have a wonderful color sense and you use it to make gorgeous things. Kudos on yet another stunning piece.

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  25. Your work is so precise, I've a long way to go to get mine looking anywhere as neat.

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  26. absolutely amazing!!! So in love with that cushion Sharron! Thank you for sharing! x

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  27. Beautiful work Sharron, thanks so much for showing the process of joining your motifs together. The contrasting sides are great, like having two cushions in one and your work is just perfectly executed, a very happy and proud Ta-Dah moment for you :-)

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  28. Love it Sharron - both sides.

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  29. I love your creation Sharron, the colours are splendid - on both sides!
    Pat :)

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  30. That's a beautiful pillow! I can't decide a favorite side! Love the vivid colors.

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  31. Hi Sharron
    Your cushions are AMAZING ! Clever, clever you. I love the white edging, it reminds me of a childs painting set , the one that comes in a little tin.
    Really gorgeous.
    Kate x

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  32. Beautiful cushion. I'm sure you're really pleased with it. Well done.

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  33. Wow, fantastic!! ♥ Have a nice weekend :-)
    Nata xxx

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  34. Completely, utterly gorgeous. Your target squares look like little individual water colour paints. I love it. x

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  35. Wonderful!!! I loved. Kisses

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  36. Thank you for sharing this pattern. I would love to post you a photo of my finished cushion, but I can't work out how to do it. Doh!

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  37. Потрясающе красивые цвета! Привет из России!

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