Traditionally, log cabin patchwork blocks are built around a red square of fabric representing the HEARTH and HEART of the home. I have hand-pieced and hand-sewn this log cabin pillow with a velvet in the center surrounded by Liberty, USA bandanna, guitar, Celtic, Laura Ashley, and vintage fabric.
I've made the back of the pillow from gorgeous quality plaid linen with a button closure.
This patchwork pillow is hand-stitched, meaning that it was cut and then sewn by me by hand with a needle and thread.
No two of my pillows are alike. Each is made from my special collection of new, vintage, and found fabrics. All fabrics, including new ones, are washed thoroughly before becoming part of a cushion.
Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches square (26cm).
The cover of this pillow can be removed and you can wash it on the hand-wash cycle in your washing machine or by hand. Then you could hang it up to dry and iron it with a pressing cloth on medium heat. The inner pillow is filled with cotton and polyester sewing scraps and is firm and sturdy. So, I would recommend spot-cleaning it.
These cushions are made with care to a high standard, attention to detail, and using beautiful and enduring fabric. Enjoy!
More about my sewing path:
I've been sewing since I was child. When I was very young, my maternal grandmother, Margie Meadows, gave me a piece of card to sew with yarn and a big plastic needle. I soon graduated to sewing clothes for my Barbie dolls from handkerchiefs and scraps from the family sewing basket. When I was nine, my "Aint" Lindy presented me with a yellow plastic sewing box with needles, pins, thread, a measuring tape, and a good pair of scissors. Then, I made clothes with my Mom, Marcy, and I favored cowboy prints and calico printed with tiny flowers. My paternal grandmother, Ann Smith, taught me to quilt patchwork with the women of the Friendly Chapel Church in Southwest Virginia. I continue this tradition of piecing patchwork and taking my handmade goods to my concerts around the world.
NOTES ON SHIPPING:
Shipping to the USA from England (where I live) has become increasingly expensive because nearly all international mail is now carried on charted flights due to Covid-19. I have used the latest Royal Mail postal price guide to set my postage prices. If I've made a significant error in calculating postage to your disadvantage, I will refund you promptly! Thank you for understanding this tricky postal situation. To make up for this, for orders from the USA, I am including a digital download and a physical copy of my limited edition hand printed CD Homecoming Queen with this purchase. If you prefer a different Jeni Hankins or Jeni & Billy CD with your purchase, just let me know in the purchase notes. And also let me know if you'd like your CD signed and to whom.
Includes unlimited streaming of
Homecoming Queen
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Jeni Hankins grew up in the coalfields of Appalachian in Southwest Virginia among a family of miners, moonshiners, and
journalists. Her writing pulls the grit, gumption, and keen sense of observation out of that heritage like drawing water from her grandmother’s well.
In every song, Jeni’s “true sense of place shines through – old as the hills, but brand new at the same time.”
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