Meraki Pillow

Cori Blunt

Final size:

40cm (16in) square

USD $9.09

Intermediate

Sewing

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Simple step-by-step instructions to follow

Detailed images and diagrams

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Description

Appliqué a cushion that brings the Greek isles into your sunroom or lounge, using Cori Blunt’s cushion pattern. It features the colours of the Greek flag in the background, an unusual stencil-style layered appliqué design and a bough of beaded flowers.

Full materials list included in instructions
Detailed step-by-step instructions illustrated with diagrams and close-up photos will guide you through each stage of making the cushion, from cutting the fabrics, appliquéing the design and assembling the cushion through to inserting the zipper and adding the pompom edging
Instructions are for needleturn appliqué, but they can be readily adapted to suit the appliqué method of your choice
Embellish the appliqué with hand embroidery using running stitch, satin stitch, stem stitch and straight stitch
Vary the colours to suit your décor
Includes expert tips from Cori to help you achieve success
No need to fear the zipper closure: Cori walks you through the process of inserting the zipper and hiding it behind a neat flap on the cushion back
Suitable for intermediate crafters

Materials

Fabric requirements and measurements specified in instructions
Thin batting at least 50cm (18in) square
Size 9 or 10 milliner’s/straw needle
Stranded embroidery cotton in tan, black, blue and colours slightly darker than the green, yellow and pink appliqué fabrics
Threads of match the appliqué fabrics
21 pearl beads about 1/4in (6mm) in length
1.9m (2yd) white trim with 12mm (1/2in) pompoms
40cm (16in) white zipper
40cm (16in) white zipper
Freezer paper
Fabric appliqué glue (optional)
Fray check (optional)
Thin cardboard
Spray starch
Rotary cutter, ruler and mat
Sewing machine with 1/4in and zipper feet
General sewing supplies

Designer

Cori Blunt

What is your home like? I live in a cottage-style home. It’s a very modest space ... small, some would say, with a little porch and more yard than house. Inside, it’s a cottage style with white-bead board walls, light-coloured furniture and hints of the beach most everywhere you look. Quilts hang on a giant ladder that extends to the ceiling and the nostalgia of turned legs, florals and gingham in grey make up the soft look of the furniture.

What country do you live in? I live in the USA. I live in a urban area, but I’m surrounded by farms and open spaces with growing clumps of subdivisions on the west side of beautiful Utah Lake. I am surrounded by mountains on all sides. It’s such a beautiful place to live. The water creates an amazing foreground for the towering mountains behind. Mt Timpanogos is part of the beautiful view and is the highest of the mountains that surround me.

Any funny or memorable travel moments you’d like to share from any of your travels? The most fun I’ve ever had was on a trip was to Minnesota with my parents. It’s such a long two days of driving. The first night, after driving around 14 hours, we finally made it to our hotel. We checked in and made our way to the elevator. The doors were just closing when my mother attempted to get the elevator doors to re-open by swinging her purse into the doorway. The elevator doors continued to close, taking her purse with them. Up, up, up the purse went ... my mother panicked and put her foot on the doors, attempting to pull the purse free. She eventually got the purse out, and we spent the next three hours laughing ourselves to tears over it. Mother is the most fun travel companion.

What are the three travel essentials you’d never leave home without?

* My own pillow.

* My makeup

* And some handwork! You never know when you are going to be sitting in an airport for an unexpected 3- 4 hours.

What’s the best thing about returning home?

Home is my sanctuary. I love being at home. Just being here is the best thing to me. I love the feeling of being HOME above all else. Home is where you can finally breathe!

Cori Blunt, Chitter Chatter Designs

www.chitterchatterdesigns.com

cori@chitterchatterdesigns.com