...in our neck of the woods and I have a feeling it is here to stay, only because we haven't had a winter to speak of this year... Apart from a snowfall at the beginning of December, we've had above normal temperatures in the city of Vancouver, which has led to a shortage of snow in our local mountains and, as a result, a practically non-existent ski season. (Not a good thing for people like me who enjoy getting out to the ski slopes from time to time!) However, since a big chunk of our country and other parts of the world are gripped in the throes of bitterly cold, snowy weather with more of the same on its way (I just checked -- it's -17 in Montreal with snow in the forecast...), I 'd like to dedicate this very flowery post to all of you who are struggling through Mother Nature's latest deep freeze. Hopefully, it will do a teeny bit in warming up your soul with sweet thoughts of lovely balmy spring days....
I thought I would zoom a little into these cushions which you may recall from here and here, so you can see the floral posies which adorn them from closer up.
The first cushion I made in the batch on the bed is the one in the foreground in the photo above. The yarn that I used to crochet the front of the cushion is what initially led me to try my hand at making a posy cushion; I first spotted the wool yarn at a local craft store and took an immediate fancy to it... Why? I think because I liked the idea that it could be used to make a mottled, somewhat earthy-coloured background which could contrast nicely to yarn in vivid solid colours... What do I mean by that? Well, it all comes back to this rug...
When I first saw this rug online a few years ago, it spoke to me right away and I think I put its image in that special corner of my brain where I keep inspiring images to revisit at a future date... So, when I saw the yarn at the store, the image of this rug popped up before my eyes and I guess you can probably understand why, right!?... Of course, at that time (just before Christmas), I also had rugs on my mind because I was trying to find one for our living room; very sadly though for my sake, this one, which by the way is a Dash and Albert rug, had been discontinued since I was first smitten by it...
So, I purchased two balls of the mottled, woolly yarn in shades of blue, brown, green, yellow, orange and red and along with some pink, red, yellow and green scrap yarn I had lying around, I made my first posy cushion; I was so pleased with the result that I bought the same mottled yarn in the reddish colour stream you can see in the background and made another cushion...
I then thought that it would be fun to mix them up with the same cushion made with yarn in solid colours, so I found some yummy bulky yarn in a lovely shade of brown and did just that...
The posies actually make me think of primroses sitting nicely in a pot with their pert faces fully open to embrace the sun... What do you think? And what better flower to be thinking of now since they are such harbingers of spring!
I hope this post brought you some welcome thoughts of spring, especially if it seems like it will never come when you look out your window right now... I will be back with a few more posies in my next post and then I will share with you some of the other sides to these cushions, so I do hope you will pop by again for a peek! Thanks for the visit and I hope you have a great weekend!
They are all lovely! I totally understand all those images filed away for future use, just quietly waiting to spring forward and come to life. Definitely ready for spring! Even in the southern US we've had a cold and snowy winter, it's like the normal weather patterns went topsy turvy. I too have been working on pillows recently, one inspired from Cherry heart's blog and her painted rose pattern. It seems our desire for spring has manifest itself in yarn.lol
Posted by: Angela-Southern USA | February 22, 2015 at 07:41 AM
I absolutely love all your cushions and they look great against your patchwork quilt.
Posted by: Terri @ Highlandhearts | February 22, 2015 at 08:18 AM
It looks as though spring is indeed all ready to spring at your house! xx
Posted by: Amy at love made my home | February 22, 2015 at 11:10 AM
Beautiful cushions!They are really lovely!
Regards
Ewela
Posted by: Ewela | February 23, 2015 at 12:31 AM
Sadly we have had no winter to speak of here - well, according to my little one as there has been a distinct lack of snow. And with a few peeks of spring, I think it is getting a bit too late for this year. Such pretty posy cushions... I love the teal coloured one!
Posted by: mrs robinson | February 23, 2015 at 10:09 AM
Such pretty posies, they look great on the cushions x
Posted by: found and sewn | March 19, 2015 at 05:50 AM
Oh my gosh, I love these cushions! They're so sweet, they have a kind of nostalgic feel to them! I may have to take inspiration from you and have a go at something similar :)
Kate x
Posted by: Kate Beverley | May 29, 2015 at 02:45 AM