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!

[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.

[hardheartache.livejournal.com]

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

[spopovich.livejournal.com]

I love them!!!!

[keepthelightout.livejournal.com]

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

[july17-hm.livejournal.com]

beautiful! very clever pictures

[buenabuena.livejournal.com]

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

[ebilgatoloco.livejournal.com]

Very nice! XD

[nequissime.livejournal.com]

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

[pterizzidactyl.livejournal.com]

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

[lostlain.livejournal.com]

That's adorable! Love it. ^_^

[onlyperfectly.livejournal.com]

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

[missedith17.livejournal.com]

This is super awesome

[grace-poppy.livejournal.com]

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

[toritoribird.livejournal.com]

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

[scrapingskies.livejournal.com]

how beautiful!


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

[cakesofbaby.livejournal.com]

Sooo pretty!

[tainry.livejournal.com]

Oooooh! Those are wonderful!!! ^______^

[just-goodnight.livejournal.com]

i can't see the second side. :(

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

[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.

[twofootsmall.livejournal.com]

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

Beautifully done.

[chunkypeaches.livejournal.com]

lovely. very good idea.

[alenah.livejournal.com]

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

[deriana.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[lungulitis.livejournal.com]

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