I did not know that there were different types of quilting,
but this booklet, by Penelope for Needlecraft, shows two - English and Italian and gives good descriptions of
them.
Don't know what it is about these cushions that makes me
shiver - really dislike them - must be some awful childhood experience. Probably being told to sit still and not fidget
while sitting on an overstuffed, smelly horsehair sofa with a slippery satin cushion
behind me! Most likely in the home of
some old dear Mum had dragged me along to visit! I actually remember a scary parrot in a cage
by the window too - good grief, all this from a wee booklet!
Happy Friday!
Love, Liz
9 comments:
Dare I say it, but I kind-of like those cushions Liz. And "medicine pink" and (not so) "ghastly green"
Oh well Kylie - you are probably not alone!
Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger
Oh I love those pinks - one was like calamine but the other was more germolene! Jane x
That looks so fun, not so much their colour choices however!
Yes, that booklet has obviously hit a nerve with you, Liz! The satin cushions aren't so bad really, they'd look great on a bed with a candlewick bedspread. xxxx
Very funny, Liz! I know what you mean about satin cushions! Whenever I meet them in a hotel room they go right into the cupboard and never come out again until I leave! The same applies to satin bedcovers! Just horrible! Christa
When you said old lady medicine I instantly thought of pepto-bismol, what a hideous pink shade, though I'm partial to sickly pinks so the thought of satin cushions in medicine pink is rather exciting
A lot of patient work has gone into them, though. Good thing your booklet is in black and white . . . .
They're not my sort of thing, but there is something wonderfully midcentury about them. Midcentury and feminine - Doris Day songs in fabric!
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