My saturday retro cushion revival recipe….

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

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

Whip up into a batch of fresh new covers…

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…..

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’

Anyone who has made something with a zip and a lining will know exactly what I mean here. Linings on their own? Easy. Zips on their own? Not bad. Linings and zips together? Hmmm.

Before I was made aware of a fantastic way to tackle this puzzle I literally used to dream about how to solve it (yeah, I do sweat the small stuff). I just couldn’t picture how I could have both zips and linings using the ways that I knew to add them separately. Well there is, in fact, a very nifty way to do it. Continue Reading »