Beautiful things from nothing

Meet my new bit of patchwork. It's entirey silk except for one piece. It's also entirely made from scrap, cabbage, leftovers. Mostly it's cabbage from my sewing. Some of it is scrap from other people's sewing including one bit that came from reverse garbage. Original garments that provided said cabbage- 3 bridesmaids dresses, a corset, a waistcoat, two silk slips, lining for an embroidered jacket and 3 medieval gowns.

I should maybe have been doing something else with this morning but this has captured my attention and I really wanted to finish it.



Though it's not really finished yet. It's pieced but it still needs:
-pressing
- the papers taken out
-layering up
-quilting
-making up into a cushion cover (unless I change my mind)
-a cushion made to it's measurements.

Anyway. I love it and mean to do more. I've loved the process and I have plenty more silk scrap!

update- if I continue with the cushion plan- I could nick the innards of my old heraldic one- its the same size