How to make an armchair cover

Those experts at Country Homes & Interiors magazine have come up with an easy-to-follow step-by-step guide on how to create the perfect armchair cover

You will need


* Dressmaker's pattern paper (newspaper will do)
* Good strong upholstery fabric (we used Broska Ice, £41.50 a metre, Alchemy collection, Voyage, 0141 641 1700)
* Tailor's chalk
* Tacking thread
* Matching thread

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