Mothering Sunday Project

Yesterday was Mothering Sunday in the UK. It is the equivalent to US Mother's Day. And after some yummy Daddy made waffles and coffee in the morning I had some time to myself to sew. I had bought jungle print curtains for a pound at a charity shop in the fall. I love the print and using curtains to make envelope style pillow covers only took two seams as I just used the hem from the curtain and pinked the inner edge. The big cushion is just a repurposed cushion with the second curtain wrapped around it. It makes a lovely little couch in the sun porch for two little boys to sit and read or ponder life.

And the pillows were so fast that I decided to whip up a little quilt too. It is backed with tan cotton, the other squares are brown flannel and I just used some vintage copper colored bias tape for the binding. It is quite small, just the right size to cover a preschoolers lap while he reads.

We spent a good portion of the morning in this spot today and I was delighted to find it is pretty comfy for Mum too. It was a perfect mothering sunday project as one of my favorite parts of mothering is creating warm purposeful spaces.