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New Cushion Covers Part 2

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  Yesterday I made 2 cushion covers for the long cushion. For one I reused the zip of the old cover and I had some fabric in my stash which will go perfectly with the old covers I kept of course. It was nothing wrong with the covers. Just the cushions were cheap. Today I made the other 4 covers. My back didn't feel too bad sitting at the sewing machine. And my new ironing board is helping too. It extends much taller so I don't have to hunch over working at it. For the green ones I didn't pay much attention on the pattern but it worked out perfectly for the square ones. The back and front looks exactly the same. The one with the parrots I just made sure that at least one side had a perfect image. So here they all are.

New Cushion Covers Part 1

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  I bought some fabric from Buttinette for bags. But once it came I loved it so much that I decided to make new cushion covers. I bought these cushions a few years ago from TK Maxx. They were on sale and really cheap. After a while I started to realise the reason for the low price. The cushions had a really leaky fabric and the feathers were the cheapest you can get on the market. I kept pulling out feathers because they poked through and the cushions felt more like a family of hedgehogs.  So before I started with the new covers I decided to put the cushions into lining. I had also bought 1kg of lining fabric end of roll pieces. So here is the first stage