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Update your living space with this summer’s trend of meadows and wild flowers and make this pair of cushions. The freehand machine embroidery brings seed heads, blooms and grasses to life, which will have you dreaming of sunny days. Why not stitch over a traced design to build your confidence if you are new to this technique?
Make a rectangular cushion
1 Cut a 16cm x 32cm piece of green floral fabric and 4.5cm x 32cm of beige square print. With right sides facing, stitch together with a 1cm seam allowance. Press the seam open. Cut 32cm x 37cm of cream felt and stitch it to the beige fabric with right sides together, pressing the seam when finished.
2 Download the embroidery template. Trace the design onto white tissue paper. Place this onto the cream felt, making sure the bottom sits on the seam on the right-hand side. Hand stitch around the edge of the tissue with large tacking stitches to keep it flat while sewing and lay this onto a piece of tearaway stabiliser.
3 Free machine stitch over the pattern twice using t
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