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Gerry I can remember,if you read Eveve's reply everyone will know all the in's and out's of the cushion because thats what she wants to know. lol.

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Thank you Americangirl, yes it is the first one I have made and I was a little scared on it because of that. I didn't know what to put on it other than the names and the date.

Welcome to the CUTE family 'the designer' - can't wait to find out why you have that name - or which famous designer you are - Hehehe! Hope to see some of your designs in the projects, soon!

Thank you Mops, my husband lost a ring in the surf while he was swimming, it just took it off his finger, so I can understand why your husband feels like that at least he doesn't want to loose it. Congradulations to you both for the last 44 years of marriage. I hope you have many more years ahead of you. May be you could make one for your 50th.

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Thank you Eveve, I hope this will not be too long, but you asked the question and here it is.
The fabric is Delusted Satin-colour Ivory.
I started by cutting a 12inch square with the rotary cutter.In the original Dove & Ribbon design, the ribbon colours are purple and violet. I changed them to match the bridesmaids, they were the darker pink and in all used the three shades of pink. The design is one design and used the larger frame of 130mm W x 180mm H. The design is by Ann Cobb and found it in the wedding section on AnnTheGran. The edging is Ivory cord piping bought ready made from the shop. You need to clip the piping in the corners when laying it on the satin so it sits down better and behaves in the corners. Stabiliser-Well!,did try to use cutaway and smaller writing, BUT had lots of troubles with thread breaking and cotton tangling up in the bobbin etc. After 5 hours of this and had only got the writing and the blue birds on the bottom done and started the top design and then the top messed up I was at my wits end and in tears. I tried to unpick the top design where I had started but it was too thick and couldn't be done. I had done everything I could, you name it I done it. So, I left it for awhile and went back to my program and enlarged the writing a little bit,I changed the heading by leaving out one word and to how it is now,I re spaced everything. The next morning I started a fresh cushion. I also changed the stabiliser to a medium tearaway and got started. It sewed out with only one break in the g in springhaven and the last outline on the white doves, and sewed in the right amount of time. I was happy then. So the conclusion is that the thickness of the fabric and cutaway was too thick and it didn't matter what the brand of cotton it was it broke them all. So for all that I am very happy how it turned out. Oh yes then I had to stuff it. I used 4 layers of fluffy wadding and sewed 3 edges down a little so it wouldnt come apart when I put it inside. Then hand sewed it shut. I had already sewed the ribbons on before I did the piping, trimming and clipping. Springhaven is the name of the property where they live and married on. So there you have it. Hope it has helped someone.

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Thank you Shirlene,I think they were very happy to have it.

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Thank you coco128, I think placement is everything to bring it all together as well.

Thank you, yes I do feel proud after what I went through to achieve it.

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Thank you adelmarie, I think it is too.

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Thank you, I am glad I got it all worked out in the end. She didn't realise that it would be such a keepsake to keep. She was just thinking that it would just be a plain pillow with just the rings on it and nothing else, she was a bit blown away with it and didnt know what she was expecting, but wasnt expecting it to be as beautiful as it is. She loved it very much.

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Thank you, yes they did love it, she was over welmed as she didnt know what it would be like until we got there the day before the wedding.

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Thanks Carol, things are slowing to what they were and can get back into the quilt cover I have been trying to make since December 07. Hope to post it soon.

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LOL forgot i already posted.. but this shows how impressive i am with this ring pillow hahahha :P

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Thank you and yes it is a treasured gift, she cried when she saw it as she didnt know what it would be like she thought it was just going to be a plain white pillow with nothing on it. So it is a real keepsake and she really appreciated it. Makes it all worthwhile when you see the look on the face.

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Thank you, it's made from delusted satin and I think it was 11" square less the seams. I think the designs were from ann the gran and I did the writing. Trick to writing dont have it too small. I had trouble when writing was too small.

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Thank you Mops, I was happy with it in the end.

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Thank you I will be doing an anniversary pillow case for this month soon.50 years.

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