Winter Pines Velvet Woodland Polyester Cushion - Spruce Green

The Winter Pines cushion is a 43 x 43cm square in a deep spruce green velvet, worked with embroidered pine cones and needled branches across the front. The face is soft velvet with the woodland design stitched in threads of green and warm gold, while the reverse is plain velvet in the same green. It is a single fixed size, 100% polyester, and one of those pieces that reads quietly across a room and then rewards a closer look once you notice the raised embroidery.

This is a cushion for a living room sofa or a reading chair, and it comes into its own through the colder half of the year. The green is dark enough to sit against tan leather, oak and warm neutral walls, and the embroidered branches give it a seasonal, woodland feeling that suits winter and Christmas dressing without being tied to a single week of the year. Group it with plain velvet cushions in the same green for a layered look, or let it stand alone on a paler seat where the stitching has room to show.

The front carries the raised woodland embroidery and the reverse is smooth velvet, so it has a different hand on each side. A zip closure runs along one edge, which means the cover pulls off cleanly for cleaning and the pad slips back in without a fight. Velvet is a pile fabric, so it holds colour with real depth and shrugs off light creasing, and a gentle brush along the pile lifts it back after the cushion has been sat against. Plain velvet cushions in this green make the easiest companions if you want to build the look out further.

What size cushion pad should I use?

The cover measures 43 x 43cm, so a 43cm or slightly larger square pad gives the fullest, best-filled shape without looking sparse at the corners.

Is the design embroidered or printed?

The woodland pine cones and branches are embroidered, so the stitching sits raised against the velvet and catches the light rather than lying flat on the surface.

What does the reverse look like?

The back is plain velvet in the same spruce green, with no embroidery, so you can turn the cushion for a simpler face when you want it.

Does the cover come off?

Yes, a zip runs along one edge so the cover pulls off the pad cleanly for cleaning and slips back on again without a struggle.

Is this only for Christmas?

The embroidered woodland design leans seasonal and works well for winter and Christmas dressing, but the deep green suits a cosy living room across the colder months.