Fabric boxes and Invisible zip

I am loving making these simple fabric boxes

 - so much so that I have to tell you about the super tutorial on Tina Craig's "Seaside Stitches" blog. It's written so well. This is the link: Fabric Box Tutorial . I'm sure you'll want to make some too!

I made all mine starting with an 8" square and I sewed the corner triangles at 1.5". They measure 3" x 3" x 2.5" high. This one is linen with wood slice buttons.

Another thing that I have been reading about online is how to put an invisible zip into a cushion and I really wanted to have a go. I already had one side of a cushion cover made. It's a little strange as it was mostly made from some leftover blocks of a quilt, which I cut up and sewed back together again. That's why it was put to one side for some months. By using an invisible zip closure both sides of the cushion can be the front - if you see what I mean, so I set about making another side for my cushion cover.

This is my finished cushion showing the side that I made most recently. I sewed the circle blocks by reverse machine applique using the freezer paper method.

and, do you really want to see the other side? Well here goes

I think the best bit about my cushion is the amazingly good job I made of putting the zip in - it being my first attempt. :)

I followed the brilliant tutorial on Sew Katy Did and followed Katy's advice to go back and re sew closer to the zip teeth. This is the link to the tutorial - Invisible zip

There's always something new to try in sewing - Anita x