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If you’re after some fun home décor this season, check out this quirky project by Carolyn Letten – it looks good enough to eat! Made from a mixture of soft brown corduroy, patterned cotton and embroidered snowy felt, it’s a quintessential combination of festive colours. Experiment with decorative free-motion stitches on a piece of scrap fabric first to master the technique.
Download the templates from sewmag.co.uk. Cut six of the main segment from corduroy. Hand-sew various sized buttons onto the midsection of each one, leaving a 2cm border from the raw edges free.
Take two of the segments and sew, right sides together, along one curved edge using a 1cm seam allowance. Keep adding segments in this way. When you get to the last piece, attach as before, leaving a space in the middle for turning. Turn right side out, then add more buttons near the seams.
Stuff firmly, then insert weights at the bottom before hand-stitching the gap closed. Set aside. P
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