bedspread
things you need 2 panels of dupion silk, 137cm x 200cm 1 piece 6oz polyester wadding, 137cm x 200cm (you may have to join together 2 pieces to achieve this size) 2 pieces of linen, 204cm x 24cm, and 2 pieces of linen, 141cm x 24cm, for the edging
10cm
quilt the main panel.
lay the two silk panels on top of each other, wrong sides facing, with the wadding sandwiched in between. the aim is to stitch a 10cm grid all over the bedspread. this can either be sewn ‘by eye’ creating an endearingly naïve look, which I personally love, or for greater accuracy you can draw straight lines onto the silk with tailor’s chalk and a metre ruler as a guide. hand tack the three layers together in lines running lengthwise down the fabric 10cm apart. stitch the rows together. turn the entire bedspread 90 degrees and complete the grid, hand tacking lines 10cm apart all the way across the fabric. stitch the rows.
for the bedroom
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