QUILTsocial | Issue 07

Start and stop on each of the four sides
of the bottom of the cube cushion and
then repeat with the last block for the
top of the cushion. This time, you're
going to sew one complete side and
then two half seams leaving half of the
top open so you can insert the foam.
If you buy the 2" slab of foam, you can
use an electric knife to cut it. Works like
a charm!
I used the same process with the thicker
pieces of foam. I placed the first piece in
the cushion. Then I placed the rulers on
top of that foam piece so I could slide
the second piece of 6" foam into the
cushion. I pulled the rulers out and the
foam was in the cushion.
Last step was to hand stitch the
opening closed.
Leave half of the top open so you can insert the foam.
You can now turn the cushion inside
out and admire those Y seams from the
outside. There's no need to push them
out too far. There's a lot of bulk at the
corner and these are fun cushions. They
don't need to be perfect.
Y seam from the outside of the cube cushion
Cube cushion is almost finished
It's time to insert the foam. I happened
to have 2" thick foam that I was going
to use for another project that never
happened. It just so happened that I
had already cut it into 12" squares so
I decided to use the foam to fill the
cube cushions. I had enough foam for 2
cushions. Then I found foam at a mattress
store that was 6" thick. They cut the foam
for me and I only needed two pieces that
measured 12" x 12" x 6". I used the 6" foam
on the remaining three cushions.
Foam cut and ready for inserting into the cushion
form
It was easy to get the first 5 pieces
of the 2" thick foam into the cushion
form. Notice that I started by filling the
"bottom" or the sewn part of the cushion.
I knew that last piece was going to be
tricky as the foam wasn't going to slide
very well on itself.
Inserting the 2" pieces of foam
I decided to try my rotary cutting rulers
to help slide that last piece of foam
into the cushion and they worked like
a charm. I ended up using two rulers so
the piece of foam that I was inserting
wouldn't touch the foam already inside
the cushion and I had no problem to get
that last piece in the cushion.
Use your rotary cutting rulers to allow the foam to
slip into the cushion
Hand stitch the opening to complete the
cushion
You could use any fabric to make the
cubes. Why not use a children's fabric
book, photos that have been transferred
to fabric, embroidery images or anything
that works for you. You just have to
adjust the sizes accordingly.
Despite the fact that all the seams were
Y seams, these cube cushions were a
snap to sew together. And let me say
that we've been having a blast playing
with them in the office.
The features of the Husqvarna Viking
Sapphire 960Q and the Quilter's ¼"
Piecing Foot made it so easy to sew
them together. I couldn't stop with
just one!
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