Doily décor - pink square cushion

By Spotlight

Recycle grandma’s doilies with ready-made or handmade cushion covers.

Final Result

Materials

• 2 x 45cm squares of pink cotton fabric
• 40cm round crochet lace doily
• pink & white Gütermann sewing thread
• 40cm pink zipper
• 46cm x 46cm cushion insert
• hand needle
• scissors
• pins
• sewing machine with zipper foot
• iron

Step 1

With right sides facing, sew pink fabric squares together using a 1.5cm seam allowance, leaving a 40cm opening in the centre of one side.

Step 2

Clip corners and turn right side out, press seams.

Step 3

Insert zipper within the 40cm opening and sew in place.

Step 4

Leave cover unzipped and lay flat. centre doily on the front of the cushion cover.

Step 5

Pin doily securely in place on front of cushion cover only, making sure the back of the cover is not pinned.

Step 6

Beginning in the centre, hand sew doily to cushion cover front, working around to the outer edges.

Step 7

Place cushion insert into cover and zip closed.

Handy Hint

• Dye doilies different colours using fabric dye.
• If you don’t have any old doilies try the op shop, crochet your own or buy ready-made ones.