The next step was the quickest of quick fixes. My friend had been gifted this fab behemoth of a wooden bench as a 21^st birthday present and it was finally back in her possession when she moved into the house.

There is sat: a dumping-ground for paperwork, crayons and spare socks. I knew this was too tempting not to use for these purposes, so I need a pretty way to say HANDS OFF!

Now B and I have had discussions (disagreements… counselling…) about my cushion obsession. Well I got to exercise some serious demons when I decided to just pile them on.

Some she had, some we bought, and the balance we made using her husband’s shirts (discarded, of course).

The first time I did this, I was 18 and had a favoured shirt that no longer fit (story of my life), but I couldn’t part with it. While I was not adept at sewing, I could manage four straight lines. FOUR STRAIGHT LINES people… come on! Anyone can do this.

INSTRUCTIONS: Turn the shirt inside-out. Mark a square, making the button panel the centre. Sew the square. Cut out the square. Unbutton and turn the square right side-out. You have a cushion cover. Easy.

Not only do you have a cushion cover, but you have no excuse to bump-up your cushion collection to create a cosy bench like this…

Tags: decorate with cushions, shirts cushions

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