i made a cushion today

So, normally other things get the better of me, like having plans, or feeling like a bit of a div when it comes to sewing machines. But today I actually sat down in the kitchen with a few bits of material and made this cushion cover. Fancy, no?

I think it looks better than my actual sewing skills/interest in precision or neatness would suggest. It's just a piece of velvety-striped fabric I got for 20p in the remnants area of a fabric shop, and a couple of bits of polka-dot cotton I had left over from making curtains. (*clears throat* I have only made 1 curtain so far but I like the thrifty, on-top-of-things sound of what I just wrote).

I simply pinned the pieces together and sewed, leaving a gap for the cushion pad to go in (£5 from Dunelm Mill), then I stitched a length of ribbon to each side of the gap to close it and look pretty.

Frankly, I believe I have just demonstrated that a lack of any real skills or patience should be no barrier to creating something quite nice.