Sunday, June 23, 2013

The Ottoman....


A few weeks back I posted a teaser of what I was working on....sorry about the delay in revealing exactly what it was I was making! My eldest daughter, Amelia, has just turned 16, making me wonder where all those years went so quickly :-) I have wanted to make one of these Ottoman's for a long time so I pulled out an assortment of mostly aquamarine blues to go with the predominate colour in Amelia's bedroom. As you can see from the above photo it has been given the seal of approval from Caitlin's cat who decided to rub up against it just as I was taking a photo.

I've had the large white pom-pom trim for a while now just waiting for the perfect project, and I love the element of fun it adds to this piece. 

Some aqua and white polka dot piping frames the bottom perimeter perfectly. As you may be able to tell it is quite a decent size. It took 54 5" squares to complete and an enormous amount of polyester stuffing to fill it properly. Amelia's cat in the background took no notice whatsoever in my photo shoot, seemingly more interested in taking in the view from her 'throne'.
Amelia celebrated her big birthday with a sleepover with 3 of her good friends,watching movies, chilling in the spa that I got going just for the occasion and eating lots of junk food as you do when you're 16! For her birthday cake I made her a 'red velvet cake' with cream cheese icing and sprinkled with pink coloured coconut, a recipe on my 'to do' list for a while now.
I have just this past week finished making a couple of items for my shop so hopefully I can find the time to show them here tomorrow :-)

8 comments:

Deb said...

Catherine, I bet your daughter was absolutely thrilled about her ottoman. I remember when I was her age Mum and Dad used to call the one's we had in our lounge "Humpty Dumpty's". The colours you used were beautiful and as for the cake, wow!!
You are amazing!

Second Chance Tan said...

Loving these blues all put together... great project, and happy 16th birthday.... yummy looking cake xx

Lis Harwood said...

Lovely ottoman, yummy cake and I'm sure a very happy birthday for Amelia.

Rafael's Mum said...

Happy Birthday Amelia!! Lovely ottoman, and you used so many of OOP favourites too! I hope she realises! Quite a few of my favourites too there. Looks absolutely gorgeous!

Julie said...

Fabulous ottoman. Bet it won't be long before the cats discover it in a sunny spot and claim it. Happy birthday to Amelia.

Sue SA said...

Yum that cakes looks delish! The ottoman looks awesome, especially the piping and trim...how many bags of stuffing did it need!?

Wendy said...

what a fab ottoman, it's gorgeous. I can imagine how much fibrefill it took!

Karen said...

The ottoman is fabulous! You really can't go wrong with aqua. Sounds like your daughter had the perfect birthday for her 16th.

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