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Sea_Shell

Cushion finished. All sewn up.

I decided to make the back in granny square, as it's quicker 😁.

Amazing how the 3 colours look so different between two patterns.

In hindsight, the yellow should have been paler...it dominates a bit!

(The little bit of thread was to mark right side.)

Coxy11

Hi all,

The cardigan is lovely @Sea_Shell and the colours for the cushion cover are fab. Interesting how the same colours look so different in the different patterns.

I visited The Stitching Festival at the Business Design Centre, Islington yesterday. I hadn't been before and this is my Q1 event on my list of things for 2026. I left home at 10am and arrived just before 12noon. It was the first day and lots of people there. There were 3 floors in total and roughly half the number of exhibitors than Alexandra Palace for anyone who has been to that one.

I bought 2 x fat quarters in Liberty fabric (thinking of making a project bag), a needle threader, a cross stitch pattern and a storage box for my thread spools as my current one doesn't take bigger spools. Total spent £27.75. I took a sandwich with me so only bought a coffee as extra. Most annoying was I'd bought my train tickets in the SE Trains sale so got a return for £9.90 as opposed to £25.10. I lost my return ticket somehow during the day! Don't know how/where but had to buy another single…..for £25.10! Gutted. At least the original was very much reduced but really annoying. I blame meno brain fog!

Coxy

Auti

It is finished!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Beautiful work 😍

Charly27

Well done @Sea_Shell incredible work. You must be a really quick learner; I love the colours on the cushion cover. @Auti beautiful work. Very impressive. @Coxy11 you must have been gutted to lose your ticket after working so hard to keep your costs down. Just this little corner to stitch now 🤞🏼

Coxy11

Wow @Auti that looks amazing, well done xx

Lovely cross stitching @Charly27 - nearly there! And yes I was pretty fed up about the train ticket! I’m off to Margate on the train tomorrow and have an e-ticket - it’s the future!!

My postbox topper managed to survive the gales and hail we had here yesterday. I drove past it tonight en route to yoga and someone had repositioned it. Will finish the bunny this weekend - couldn’t find any safety eyes at the stitching show and they come in such large quantities online (plus postage!) so will stitch them instead. I also need to figure out how to position/attach the eggs I’ve made. I’m thinking of a stack of eggs for height with Mr Bunny in front, but will need to weight them down somehow. It’s quite involved this topper lark!

Sea_Shell

Help.

I've seen pictures of crochet cardigans made from 2 giant granny squares, folded into an L-shape (to make body and sleeves).

But I can't work out how you fold a square into this shape?

Corner to corner you get a triangle…in half, you get a rectangle.

What am I missing?

Auti

seems to be folded like a kite - there are some videos if search cardigan from crochet rectangle :)

Sea_Shell

Thanks, but that's not the shape I meant.

Imagine that each side, with arms outstretched , looks like it's made from one large square, with a quarter missing under the arm.

I would post a picture, but don't want to tread on anyone's Etsy toes 😉

Sea_Shell

Ah, I think you start with a hexagon, not a square...off to YouTube to see if I can find a tutorial.