Flower power pouffe

I should have been packing up the house for our impending move but I was heading for a fairly manic moments so decided to channel it into creativity rather then madness.

I did sort quite a lot of boxes and packed some precious things but then I needed to unwind so I started playing about with bits and pieces and finally fashioned the pouffe from rolled up corrugated cardboard a piece of recycled foam and some old cushion stuffing. I encased the whole lot in a cover made from an old sheet which helped it stay in shape and held it together well. The end product is surprisingly solid, its a wee bit larger then I had planned but its very sturdy and comfortable.

Then I could start the more interesting creative part - making a cover - I'm still totally committed to only using my current stash so I made a patchwork base and then embellished it with machine applique and over laid that with some random machine embroidery. The first side piece wasn't quite big enough so I had to lengthen it but this is the beauty of patchwork - I reworked the top so hopefully the circumference would match the new side and fortunately I got it spot on. I used the same fabrics that I had used for some experimental cushion covers I made before Christmas so they link in (- in fact almost match!!!) quite nicely. I quilted the patchwork onto some wadding to give it some more stability and padding and it all came together very nicely when I finally assembled it and pulled in onto the pouffe.

I'm really pleased with how this has turned out it works just as I had hoped... but now I have to return to packing and get ready for the final countdown to moving day!

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