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This gorgeous quick make appliqué cushion and picture, with pretty button detail is perfect for a cat lover, but would also make a wonderful Mother’s Day gift. Choose her favourite colour scheme and coordinate all the fabrics and embellishments. We’ve used Phyllida Coronéo’s Fly Away collection for Dashwood Studio for its whimsical spring feel, and printed our own message using alphabet stamps.
Sew a cushion
Download the templates and print. From blue cotton, cut 43.5cm x 46cm for the cushion back and a 25.5cm x 46cm for the middle panel.
Iron fusible webbing to the reverse of butterfly and meadow print fabric. Using the cat templates, transfer the images to the back of the fabrics and cut out. Peel off the backing paper and iron into position on the middle panel of the cushion. Neatly stitch around the shapes.
Cut out a top and bottom front panel, both 9cm x 46cm from butterfly print. Using a 1.5cm seam allowance, machine tack one of the panels to the cushion back. Press the seams flat and pin a zip into position. Hand tack in place and machine stitch as close to the teeth as possible. Secure the other side to the front panel. Remove all the tacking stitches and open up the zip.
Pour a little black fabric paint into a palette. Use a sponge to apply fabric paint evenly to mini alphabet stamps and print your chosen wording onto a piece of cross stitch print fabric. Iron to fix the fabric
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