Onion cushion

Yikes! It's been over a year since I've posted, which is just ridiculous. Where did that year go? I think I must have spent it drinking beer and watching The Tudors or something, rather than crafting. I do remember making a few wigs and doing some lino cutting, but I must have fallen out of the habit of dyeing and knitting. I got my yarn mojo back over the Christmas break, though, and finished this cushion:



The knitted side was made with the four yarns that I dyed in this post.

I wanted some brown fabric for the back but couldn't find anything suitable in either John Lewis or MacCulloch & Wallis. Seemingly brown upholstery must be out of fashion, because I only found one brown fabric, but it was far too red and clashed horribly with the yarns. No worries, though - what am I? I'm a natural fabric dyer! And what do natural fabric dyers do? They TURN STUFF BROWN!



That's a before & after. I didn't bother writing anything down because I wasn't convinced that the fabric was 100% cotton, but if memory serves it was about 200g fabric, 60g onion skins and 10g iron mordant.

The cushion, due to careful planning blind luck, goes well with our other two vintage ones, so here's a nice picture of them together on the sofa.