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Linen reused

SIMPLE SEATING

A pretty cushion on a pallet makes handy extra seating, or you can use it as a footstool. And a loose cover is a great way to freshen up a worn sofa.

YOU WILL NEED

♥ Small pallet
♥ acrylic spray paint
♥ 2 vintage flour sacks
♥ cushion inner of about 60 x 80cm

TO MAKE

Spray paint the pallet in the colour of your choice. Put the cushion inside one flour sack and hand stitch the opening closed. Unpick the side seams of the second sack and hem them. Sew the top and bottom together, right sides facing, to form a tube. Slip it over the cushion.

SOFA COVER

Take a piece of linen big enough to cover your couch and hem all the sides. For the trim, take another piece of linen of about 30cm wide in a colour of your choice and

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