Inverted Silhouette Bird Cushion.

[ldhenson]

Ever since I made my first cushion like this, I've continued playing around with the idea of inverted silhouettes.

So here's my latest:



The front side.



Closeups of some of the appliques.






And the reverse side, in softer colors.



Closeup of the reverse side.


The two sides have very similar, but not identical, bird designs.

I'm pretty pleased how it came out, and it made Hot New Projects at Craftster, which is nice! Plus, I can choose which color scheme to display depending on whether I put the cushion on the sofa or bed.

X-posted to craftgrrl (here), Craftster

Comments

[ruby-tuesday.livejournal.com]

This is so, so cute! I love it!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much!

[swgamgee.livejournal.com]

Soooo adorable.
I really love the birds. (Then again, I love anything with birds.)
I will have to check that out at Craftster.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I love the graceful shapes of birds and I'm thinking I really ought to do more with them!

[hardheartache.livejournal.com]

Those are both so cute! I love the colors on the reverse side.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Originally I had different colors planned and I didn't think the ivory would show up against the white, but I really like how it turned out.

[spopovich.livejournal.com]

I love them!!!!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[keepthelightout.livejournal.com]

ooo, i love both of them, but especially the colors in the second one! what a terrific idea.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you. The second set of colors is more my usual style, too.

[july17-hm.livejournal.com]

beautiful! very clever pictures

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you!

[buenabuena.livejournal.com]

These are beautiful--I *love* the colors.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I did a lot of color-swapping while designing it and I'm glad I settled on these.

[ebilgatoloco.livejournal.com]

Very nice! XD

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[nequissime.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming that was a lot harder than one would think.
The placement would drive me nuts.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Yes, the placement was tricky. I do use fabric glue to keep them from sliding around when I stitch, and I stitch by hand, so I at least I didn't have to worry about trying to keep the pieces in place under a machine.

[pterizzidactyl.livejournal.com]

wow, that looks amazing! What did you use to line up the pieces?

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

When I cut out my paper pattern, I preserved the bird + branches as a single piece. Later I used it as a template to lay down the appliques.

[lostlain.livejournal.com]

That's adorable! Love it. ^_^

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[onlyperfectly.livejournal.com]

This is really a great idea! I love them both.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks much!

[missedith17.livejournal.com]

This is super awesome

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that's beautiful! I love the colors!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Next time I do this, I'm hoping I can find some pale spring green felt, too.

[toritoribird.livejournal.com]

That is so pretty~ And the design/idea would look great on a scarf or something too.

[buzzboomsplat.livejournal.com]

My first thought was actually tattoo, not scarf. Oh, one track mind.

[scrapingskies.livejournal.com]

how beautiful!


I love the soft colors side. Mmm, ice cream colors❤

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! When I picked those colors I thought, does it look too much like ice cream?

And then I thought, well, what's wrong with that?

[cakesofbaby.livejournal.com]

Sooo pretty!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks much!

[tainry.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! Those are wonderful!!! ^______^

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad you like!

[just-goodnight.livejournal.com]

i can't see the second side. :(

i love the first side though!
such a cool idea.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

I hope you gave it another look, the photos have been visible to me the whole time. Possibly just Photobucket being temporarily down. The second side is done in shades of light pink, light brown, and ivory.

[hazeltea.livejournal.com]

I really like that technique. You've broken up the negative space with different colors so it's not so obvious and cookie cutter like.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I love your observation on the colors.

[twofootsmall.livejournal.com]

That's so effective - and I love the dual colour scheme idea. :)

Beautifully done.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The softer colors are more my usual style, but I thought it would be fun to give myself an alternative.

[chunkypeaches.livejournal.com]

lovely. very good idea.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[alenah.livejournal.com]

I adore these, just love the negative space creating the main image.I really cannot wait to see more!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's a bit harder to work with than regular images but I think the results are worth it!

[deriana.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[lungulitis.livejournal.com]

It's gorgeous! I want to try, but my stitching's not quite as nice as yours

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm sure your stitching's just fine and if you do make one, I'd love to see what you come up with. I do all my stitching by hand, which is easier for small pieces like this anyway.