Kaleidoscope Cushion

Earlier this year I was practising some bullion stitches as part of a freeform design I am planning. Bullion stitches however you make them are a bit fiddly and take time to make. At the same time I was looking at my collection of textured stitches and I came across this variation on a treble which gives a similar look to a bullion stitch and is a lot easier to make.
Depending on how big you want your bullion stitch lookalike you make the clusters bigger by using more trebles.
You can find more of my hints and tips on how to improve your crochet here.....

I find inspiration for new designs from various places. Sometimes it’s something as simple as seeing flower combinations in the garden.

My summer bolster cushion with popcorn flowers were inspired by some pale lime Christmas Rose flowers that looked so lovely alongside the pale sage green/grey of the Brunnera that grows next to it.


I’ve been planning the design of my Kaleidoscope cushions collection since last autumn but a busy winter with crochet workshops and commission designs took up my time. You can follow the story of my Kaleidoscope Collection here......

Finally getting around to thinking about the new cushions I spotted a woven tapestry cushion in a shop window. It had squares of different bright colours with stripes of a main colour between them. As often happens this set me off on a myriad of ideas so I decided to design the first kaleidoscope using the tapestry idea and incorporate the treble cluster around stitch which is very nice to make. I offset the multi coloured squares which looks really nice, but it would equally as good if the squares were all in the same position.

I thought the style of the first kaleidoscope cushion would be better suited to an envelope style cushion. I made these decorative buttons which match the cushion and include the cluster around stitch. The first kaleidoscope cushion is easy to make and grows quickly, changing colour always stops me getting bored!

The pattern is ready to go click here