Make a square cushion

1. Cut 12cm x 38cm from a vintage tray cloth, keeping the hems at the right and bottom edges. Download the templates and print. Transfer the template for the wording or write your own message across the centre of the tray cloth. Embroider in back stitch, using three strands of thread.

2. Sew floral decoration by reproducing the motif on the template. Using a single strand of thread, work the bow in satin stitch using blue, and flowers in straight stitch using lilac and orange. Complete the flower centres and dots in lemon satin stitch.

3. Pin the finished rectangle to 17cm x 45cm of pale floral print, so that the top and left edges match. Cut 30cm x 45cm of blue spot fabric and pin one long edge to the pinned side of pale floral material, with right sides facing. Machine stitch all three pieces together, leaving a 1cm seam allowance. Press the seams open and stitch down the hems of the tray cloth, 2cm from the edge.

4. Cut 30cm x 40cm of floral stripe fabric. Trace the teapot and a cup and saucer template onto the paper side of a piece of fusible webbing, and cut them out roughly. With the adhesive side downwards, position them across the wrong side of the fabric, lining the stripes up horizontally. Press down, then cut out precisely around the pencil lines.

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