NEW Family Cushions

Hi everyone,

Today I'm introducing a new addition to my personalised range - "Family" cushions.

The panels make up into a very unique item, and would make a lovely Mother's Day gift, or for someone who has just completed their family with a new addition!

The front has your chosen family names repeated across it, in your choice of background colour...

Here are a few I have made up...

This one is printed on a beautiful matte satiny fabric called "Silky Faille" - so soft and lovely to snuggle against!

 

The backing fabric looks like this...

 

Another example, this time printed on a lovely canvas fabric...

I haven't decided whether to add these to my Etsy store yet to sell as completed items - it will depend on demand - but for now they are available to order as fabric cushion panels. 

The panels are 18 inches square, and are sold on a yard of fabric.  You will get two fronts and two backs (so enough to make a complete pair of cushions) on the narrower fabric options.  On 54 inch wide and above fabrics - you can fit three complete sets.

If you want all of your sets to be the same on your yard (e.g. a pair of matching cushion panels) - only one design fee applies.  If you would like each set to have a different name - then a separate design fee applies for each.

All the ordering details are on my Personalised Designs information page at the top of this site...

I hope you like this new addition to my range! :)  If you would like to be kept up-to-date with new additions like this - feel free to follow me on my Facebook page

DIY Custom Cufflinks!

I know cufflinks might sound a little old-fashioned, but my husband still wears them, and has quite a few pairs.  So, for his birthday I decided to make him some myself, out of my own fabric designs.

It's really super super simple, but there is a little trick to it...so I thought I would share it with you today.


Here is the finished cufflink set, along with it's matching necktie, in a little box ready for giving:

You will need:




One set of cufflink blanks (or photo cufflinks - I got mine here)












Scrap fabric of your choice (I used this one here)
Iron on interfacing
Iron
Scissors










The steps:

1.  Iron some interfacing onto the wrong side of your fabric.  I tried without it the first time - just too fiddly.  The stiffening makes the small piece easier to cut, and sits nicely in the ring.

2.  Unscrew the ring off the cufflink.  Mine had a protective clear plastic circle in there - don't lose it, you need it!

3.  Use the circle as a template on the fabric to work out the area you want to cut.  I decided to fussy cut the background cycle chain links for this set.

4.  Cut out around the circle, using small sharp scissors is easiest.  Nail scissors would be ideal.

 

 

5.  You can choose to either place the fabric into the ring on it's own, or with the protective cover.  I chose to leave the cover in.

6.  Screw the cover back on to the base.  Repeat for the other cufflink - you are done!!!  Easy as that.

The best thing is - it's not permanent, nothing is glued in, so if you want to replace it with another fabric - you can!  This is the other set I did...

 Enjoy!

Custom Ties and Cufflinks!

It's my husbands birthday this coming week.  He is, as I guess most men are, very difficult to buy for.

So I decided some time ago - he was going to get something you can't buy.  Plus - since I know he does not read my blog unless I make him, I figure it is safe to share it with you today!

I organised for Jane from Tux and Tulle to make two ties for me, from some of my fabric designs I have up on Spoonflower.  When I looked through my collections, I realised there was little that my husband would actually wear!  I needed a nice masculine print.  This one made the top of the list:

 

It's called "Hexagons in Black", and I had it printed on Spoonflower's cotton sateen - it has a lovely sheen just right for a necktie!  There is quite a bit involved in the construction of a tie - which is why I found an expert to help me out, rather than tackling this one myself!  I did, however design the fabric myself, and put together some matching cufflinks - so I still feel like it's "mine"... :)

I'll share the second set I did with you in another post - along with a little "how-to" on the matching cufflinks I made for each tie...

Pretty happy with how they, and the tie, turned out!

Here is the finished set:

 

 

I popped each set into a little gift box - all ready to give him on his birthday...

 

I think this is just the right thing for him, and I really hope he likes it!  They would make great Father's Day presents as well...