{"id":1012,"date":"2012-02-24T14:34:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T14:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2012-02-24T14:34:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T14:34:36","slug":"granny-cushion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/?p=1012","title":{"rendered":"Granny Cushion"},"content":{"rendered":"

I loved making the Granny Square Pincushion<\/a> and thought it would be fun to make a cushion cover using Ali’s tutorial<\/a> for the square with the popcorn flower.<\/p>\n

So, Little Miss Bossy-Boots and I trundled into town and she chose the colours for her cushion cover. No surprises there; we came home with a bright pink and a mellow purple yarn. They had a lovely soft orange that I would have loved to combine with the pink but as I had promised Missy that she could choose whatever she liked I bit my tongue.<\/p>\n

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This is the front and all in all I like it. I made a bit of a mess joining the squares together but I know now what to do differently for next time. In fact I loved making these little shares so much that I’m thinking of taking all my little bits of leftover yarn from other projects and make a blanket.<\/p>\n

Here’s the back of it:<\/p>\n

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Did you spot the giant buttons? Well, yes, hmmm. I didn’t have any in the right colour or size but I really wanted to finish the cushion cover and show it off. They will be changed sometime in the near future, I promise.<\/p>\n

I didn’t want to put just a regular insert in the cover but made one using a lovely flowery fabric with butterflies and birds that peek out through the holes especially at the back.<\/p>\n

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I bought it a few years ago and have no idea what it’s called or who it’s from but I thought it was perfect for this cushion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I loved making the Granny Square Pincushion and thought it would be fun to make a cushion cover using Ali’s tutorial for the square with the popcorn flower. So, Little Miss Bossy-Boots and I trundled into town and she chose the colours for her cushion cover. No surprises there; we came home with a bright… Continue Reading Granny Cushion<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,29],"tags":[149,234,364],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharksdinner.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}