How to sew a bench cushion

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Follow our step-by-step instructions and create your own tailormade squab cushions. Use a fabric that will co-ordinate with your room.

You will need
• Main fabric (we used Macapa, ref 01, £35 a metre, Swaffer)
• Cushion pad (we used fire-resistant duck feather box cushion pad, 46cm by 60cm by 5cm, £10.75, Merrick & Day, merrick-day.com)
• 12 self-cover buttons, optional (we used Prym 23mm self-cover buttons, £2.49 for four, Calico Laine)
• Matching thread
• Fabric marker pen
• Strong upholstery thread

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Make two or three cushions, or a single long one, to fit your bench.