If your stash is overflowing with offcuts in all kinds of colours and prints, this is the project for you! Corinne Bradd’s vibrant pouffe has an unusual pumpkin shape that is simple to achieve through patchwork panels, which you can assemble with any fabric pieces larger than a bank card. Before you start, locate a long doll maker’s needle for sewing on the buttons.
1 Download and print the pouffe template at sewmag.co.uk/templates, then assemble the two pieces where indicated. Arrange some straight-edged cotton patches to form a panel that is larger than the template, using a mixture of squares, rectangles, triangles and other shapes. Sew the patches right sides together, then press.
2 Lay the patchwork right side up onto