Make a fabric Snowflake cushion using an old school paper-cut technique
You can make your cushion any size or shape you want. The best way to start is to measure your cushion pad and aim to make your cushion slightly smaller. To make one the same size as us, you will need:
Sometimes it can be hard to think up original presents to give at Christmas, especially for your favourite teacher. They may like chocolates or wine, but 20 boxes or bottles may be a bit too much. Callum adored his Year One teachers and wanted to make something special for them. As all our windows in the house were covered with snowflake paper-cuts he had made for Christmas decorations, it gave us an idea for a present. Rather than doing papercuts, how about fabric-cuts and turning them into cushions? Callum's teachers were delighted, as was his dad. He got so involved in making the cushions he insisted on making a third one for his father
Figure 1: Folding the fabric
Handy Hint! If you are not too confident on the sewing machine, or are not allowed to use it on your own, you can still do this with a grown up. You could pick the thread and stitch to be used and guide it through the machine to create meandering lines and your grown up use the foot control or vice versa.
Handy Hint! If you want to decorate the cushion back, save all the little snippets of fabric you cut for the snowflake. Arrange them on the cushion back, making sure that the glue side is definitely facing down, then get a grown up to press them into position. You could always stitch them in place to keep them secure.
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