Victoria Louise :: Creating a sustainable style » curtains http://www.victorialouise.co.uk Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:02:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Cushion Retro Revival http://www.victorialouise.co.uk/cushion-retrorevival http://www.victorialouise.co.uk/cushion-retrorevival#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:50:37 +0000 VL http://www.victorialouise.co.uk/?p=549 My saturday retro cushion revival recipe….

Retro fabric

Take a few sad, tired old cushions and peel off their grubby covers…

Old cushions and covers

Add a generous measure of lovely colourful 70s  fabric and a handful of zips…

70s and second hand fabric for cushion covers

Whip up into a batch of fresh new covers…

Finished retro cushions

This fabric came from various places; 70′s M&S pillowcases from the car boot sale, pretty flower cotton from Barnardo’s charity shop and the funkiest second hand retro print (that I’ve been saving for ages) from a little village craft fair.

Lucky I sat the sewing machine class to brush up on my zip skills. Zips don’t have to be scary if you practise, practise, practise!

Also from my fabric stash came these cute little curtains…..

Red gingham and flowery curtains

If you want to make your own cushions, check out:
‘How to Make a Cushion Cover‘ with a zip on Mooky Chick
Kirstie Allsop’s guide on ‘How to Make an Envelope Cushion Cover’

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