My First Attempt at Chevron Cushions

So my sister-n-law's wedding was just last July and I promised to make her a crochet gift for her house. And being the best sister-in-law I could ever wish for, I had to make her a REALLY special gift. I ended up making her 4 cushions and a table runner for her living room!

Patterns: table runner https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/oval-pineapple-doily
cushions http://www.leeleeknits.com/free-crochet-pillow-cover-pattern/

I also promised her I'd make 2 more cushions for the bedroom. Unfortunately, I did not have the time to do it before her wedding (I made all of this in 2 months, can you imagine?!)

As much as I hated not keeping my promise, I decided sooner or later I would still keep my promise. Better late than never, huh? 😉

So I found this free pattern of a Holiday Chevron Pillow Pattern that we both liked and I decided to go for it. It is super easy, and you just need to repeat one row instruction with changing colors as instructed.

Have a look!

I finished one cushion and now I am attaching the zipper for the second cushion. I will be posting the final picture of both the cushions at my Instagram account. Do check it out!

P.S. I deviated in 2 points though and did not follow the pattern to the T. First, I did not follow the color sequence for the second pillow because I did not have enough yarn. Second, when attaching the zipper, the pattern says to sew 1 inch at each side of the straight edge, but I attached the zipper right away on the whole side of the straight without sewing.

All in all, everything looks great and my sister-in-law LOVES it! 😇

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