Appliqued cushions for Chanukah
Posted on: 6 December, 2012
This was a very spur-of-the-moment idea. A friend asked me to bring some cushions for kids to sit on while they listened to Chanukah stories. I was going to fetch a few out of the attic – we have a stash we keep specifically to recline on at Pesach – when I noticed a neighbour was throwing out 4 plain blue cushions. Always happy to recycle, I collected them, washed them, and decided to add some easy applique.
Actually I mentally ran through a bunch of possible decorating ideas before going with what seemed most foolproof! I printed off outline Hebrew letters in the largest font possible (999pt, in case you were wondering) to use as a template, then used heat-n-bond (something I have only recently discovered, but LOVE) to iron the resulting letters onto a square of co-ordinating fabric, and then sewed that to each cushion cover. The zig-zag stitching is not perfect, but it does the job and the whole project was done in a couple of hours.
We’ll be dedicating these cushions to the comfort of dreidel spinners’ tucheses for years to come!
2 Responses to "Appliqued cushions for Chanukah"
13 December, 2012 at 10:49 am
I love these! I just took an intro to sewing class last week and these totally make me want to learn more (err, give me an excuse to by a machine 
7 December, 2012 at 8:38 pm
So pretty! Wish I could do it without sewing (no machine, no skill). Plus, all my attempts with heat bond material have been totally bond-less. I want to put all four cushions together, make a big, soft dreidel and spin it! By the way, how lovely that you’ve been invited somewhere to hear Hanukkah stories…