Anyone remember waay, waaaaaay, waaaaaay back when I did a covert robin swap and sent Mary an owl cushion & some wrist warmers? No? Oh well, this'll be more interesting for you then! I found the pics I took of when I made the cushion. Hurrah!

I basically did what I said I did for the owl appliqué pouch but I've taken the photos, so I might as well show them to you now!


 I popped some fusible fleece on the back of the owl's body & used jumbo ric rac for his belly feathers.


 I even stitched the ric rac with wiggly stitching!!


For the eyes I used two buttons, I stitched through the base one a couple of times, then laid the smaller one on top and stitched on through both a few times, securing at the back.


Next I basted some felt onto the back of my owl patch and laid my owl where I wanted him to be ready to stitch him down.

I went all around his body with a small zig zag in a green thread to match the body.

And stitched on his felt nose (beak?) by hand.

Next I stitched on his wings with a straight stitch.


Then I used some scrap squares to make up some side & top strips and stitched those onto my owl panel.

Added some brown borders to make it the size I wanted.


Then for the back I used some olive green ticking and made an envelope back. I folded enough over so that I'd have a nice wide band for some buttons & button holes. I always think envelope backs without buttons tend to gape slightly.


I used the fancy round ended button hole stitch (pre set in my machine) this time, but when I actually cut it, it didn't look too much different to my regular straight buttonhole!


I did three buttons on the back, and used these lovely wooden ones that I had in my stash. They may have come from my nan's stash?


Then I put the two back pieces together and laid them on the front, stitched round all of the sides. I think I overlocked the edges then, but I don't have a photo so can't be sure!


Tadaaaa, one finished owl cushion which Mary has given a good home now!



And because I really enjoyed making it, I made another in teals & reds for my friend in Australia Dee! I made her cover a tad smaller so the cushion would fit more snugly.


I think in the bottom of that last photo is evidence I did overlock the edges of the brown owl cushion! Hurrah, the mystery is solved!