Make the cushion

1. Download and print the templates from sewmag.co.uk. Fussy cut a 32cm square of floral fabric. Snip several 6cm strips of striped fabric at a right angle to the stripes. Cut one end of a strip at 45 degrees and place the shorter side against one side of the square panel, leaving a 5mm seam allowance at the cut end. Stitch to the side of the square, fold out and press.

2. Cut the remaining end of the strip at 45 degrees in the opposite direction to the first, allowing a 5mm seam allowance. Take a second strip and turn around so the stripes can be mitred and matched up with the slanted end of the first strip. Sew the diagonal seam first to check it matches before trimming the strip and sewing to the next side of the square.

3. Continue matching corners in this way, if you are accurate the final corner should be a perfect match. To save fabric, the strips can be joined end to end, matching up one colour of stripe. Press the finished panel, layer onto a 42