In Need of Spring Break Mandala Pillow

Made up this little pillow over the snow days, it's aptly called In Need of Spring Break.  It was a CAL last year by Crochet Memories.  I used Stylecraft Special Aran in Plum, Meadow, Khaki and Parchment.  A little more color and cheer for Mike's home office.  Bring on Spring now 😎

Eve's Journey

As two storms dumped two feet of snow here in three days, I hunkered down and finished my Eve's Journey pillow, soon to be a gift for someone special.  This was a CAL, from late last year, I believe.  I had downloaded the pattern and did it up all at once.  I used my usual Stylecraft Special DK in silver, gold, violet, pistachio, pale rose, petrol and wisteria.  I added border #8 from Edie Eckman's brand new release, Every Which Way Crochet Borders.  I love the results. I hope my friends are all well. I will post some cross stitch soon!!

Floral Pillows for Christmas

I spent the past few days making pretty flower sofa cushions for my mother and mother in law...

I used Painted Roses by Cherry Heart Designs, and made a nine patch that fits a 14" firm pillow form.  I added borders to each from Edie Eckman's  Around the Corner Crochet Borders book.  The pillow on the left uses border 69, while the pillow on the right uses border 33.

Both pillows are made with Stylecraft Special DK yarn.  On the left I used Parchment as the main/background color.  On the right I used Stone.

Between the two pillows I used scaps of White, Turquoise, Denim, Shrimp, Pomegranate, Lipstick, Saffron, Cloud Blue, Bluebell, Gold, Fuschia Purple, Apricot, Pale Rose, Raspberry, Spice, Claret, Burgundy, Silver, Clematis, Magenta, Sherbet, Boysenberry, Lobelia, Wisteria, Violet, Lavender, Duck Egg, Storm Blue, Petrol and Parma Violet.

For the Parchment pillow, I used Pistachio and Cypress for the leaves,  while I used Pistachio and Meadow for the leaves on the Stone pillow.  I used Mocha for the square joining for both pillows.

The back of each pillow is a colorful granny incorporating colors used in the flower motifs.  I added one round of half double crochet granny stitch on each side before joining the back to front.  This helped me easily reach the required 14" and not distort my work.  As a happy coincidence, I think it looks very delicate too.

Now to make one for myself after all holiday crafting is finished ;-)