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Tutorial: Dropcloth floor cushion stuffed with fabric scraps

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Tutorial: Dropcloth floor cushion stuffed with fabric scraps

Tutorial: Dropcloth floor cushion stuffed with fabric scraps

Kimberly from Straight Stitch Designs shares a tutorial at Make It and Love It showing how you can make this oversized floor cushion out of a drop cloth.  It’s big enough for a couple of small kids to lounge on while watching TV, or one teenager to sprawl out on while talking on the phone (or Facetiming, as the tween does in my house).  The dropcloth is a sturdy covering, and also happens to be inexpensive fabric.  She stuffs it with fabric scraps.  But if all of your fabric scraps are precious and you can’t bear to part with them, you could stuff it with old pillows instead.

Dropcloth Floor Cushion (Using Fabric Scraps), by Straight Stitch Designs

[photo from Straight Stitch Designs on Make It and Love It]

Have you read?

Easy Cosmetics Bag Sewing Pattern

The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.

Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.