Rust dyed cushion

I've been wondering for a while what to do with my pieces of rust dyed fabric. So finally I got round to putting some together and then hand embroidered them to make a cushion. I did risk using my sewing machine just to sew the main part of the cushion together, but otherwise didn't risk the blunting of needles, or the potential flaking off of tiny bits of rust into the mechanism of the machine. There was no plan - just doodling as I went. Two blogs on my experiments with rust dying are at : here and here.

Fabric samples.

The design.

My 'helper'.

The cushion...

Finished .