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All done and ready to wrap for Christmas!! I found the fabric was double sided so did two of each colourway though it's so subtle you have to look hard. I had to make two smaller - the fabric was a remnant and the pattern on two of the panels wasn't quite complete. The dragons were fine but the surrounding borders had to be clipped. I used a contrasting fabric for backing and on the picture of that you can see the method I've used: handy tip for making cushion covers - make them pillow-case style but with a slightly bigger overlap, then it's easy to get them in and out for washing. You can use that method for duvet covers, too, though there's the disadvantage that most washing machines will turn your cover inside out and pack everything else inside. Still, it saves having to sew on buttons or poppers. The final pic is the scrunchies I made. Note the one of cushion backing fabric! I love the colour. The others are: black velvet; denim; pillowcase fabric; a handkerchief.







I find my machine is behaving badly. It's fine on straight lines but if it has to climb hems etc. it panics. It has never been quite the same since I did the upholstery I told you about. I had a better machine but it was in our Portuguese house that got burnt down. Despite insurance I don't feel quite justified in buying a new machine. I expect I'll have to eventually!