The Gap month and some old favourites

It's while since my last post but I have not been lagging behind in the crafty creations, in fact this weekend was a real burst of energy helped along with several cups of coffee and slices of banana loaf  which was also made in the weekend frenzy (the recipe is in the Hummingbird Bakery Cook Book which I would highly recommend).

Now I cannot claim to have made this in the last month, in fact it was created sometime ago but has been a favourite of mine and not difficult to make.

This project became known as the boudior eiderdown and used up some of my favourite peices of silk and velvet left over from other projects. They were cut in 20cm Squares and then handstitched together (you can just as easily machine stitch). The borders in contrasting satin were added and the vintage pink and silver ribbon was added as edging though not sure you can see that in the photos. It was all hand stitched only because I find it relaxing.

For the backing I used plain cream cotton, and for the wadding I used a 4.5tog duck down Duvet. The whole eiderdown was bound together by using small fabric rosebuds in the corners or the squares and stitiching all the way through all the layers.

It looks great in a vintage style bedroom but any combination can be pulled together to suit your home style.