Raindrops on Roses and Gumdrops on Cushions

Bright copper kettles and warm woolen… nope, can’t think of anything to rhyme with cushions! That little variation of the song has been going through my head this week as I was stitching up a sweet little cushion.

The fabulous quilting magazine, Love Patchwork & Quilting, are hosting a Gingerbread House quilt along to sew up the Gingerbread House quilt pattern by Gracey Larson in their latest issue (#66). It’s a super fun Christmas row quilt!

I chose to make one of the Gumdrop blocks, but then decided to add a few more sections to make it into a small cushion. It’s my favourite way to use solo quilt blocks in situations like this! When it came time to pulling fabric, I couldn’t go past the freshly opened bundle of rainbow Liberty fabrics from Alice Caroline. These are their new exclusive prints and are simply divine!

I kept the quilting simple with a crosshatch design going through the middle of each block and evenly spaced in between (which is about 1 3/4″ apart for a 5″ block, FYI!). The background fabric is a beige-with-an-undertone-hint-of-pink that I had sitting in my cupboard, so I used Aurifil 2420 – a soft salmon – for the quilting to highlight it a touch. That, and pink is always a good choice when working with Liberty!

As usual, it’s an envelope closure cushion with binding. I used two of the prints to also make a two-toned binding using the more saturated prints in the collection – June’s Meadow and The Strawberry Thief.

You can check out all the other fun Gingerbread House QAL blocks and goings on over on Instagram under #gingerbreadqal, and check out Love Patchwork & Quilting’s blog post here for all the QAL details!