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EASTER CRAFTS Hop into spring with these fun, Easter-inspired makes – you don’t need to be an eggs-pert crafter to make them!
APPLIQUE NAPKIN
Use leftover fabric scraps to create appliqué table settings
YOU WILL NEED Scissors 1m square yellow cotton Sewing thread and pins Sewing machine Pencil Piece of card Paper-backed fusible webbing Speckled turquoise, lavender and pink cotton fabric Iron
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Cut four 46cm squares from the yellow fabric. Turn the edges under by 1.5cm and then another 1.5cm to make a double hem. Pin and topstitch 1cm from the edge all the way round to secure in place. Remove pins. Draw egg shapes onto card and cut out. Use the templates to trace three eggs on to the paper side of fusible webbing. Cut around each egg, leaving a 1cm border. Match the middle egg with the turquoise fabric and the two side eggs with the lavender and pink. Using a hot iron on a non-steam setting, fuse the non-paper side of the webbing to the wrong side of the fabric. Carefully cut out the fabric eggs following the pencil lines you have drawn on the paper. Peel off the paper backing and position the eggs in the corner of the napkin. Then, once you’re happy with the visual arrangement, use a hot iron to carefully fix the eggs in place. Blanket or zigzag stitch the raw edges of the appliqué design using white thread. Start with the two side eggs and finish with the middle egg. Repeat until all four napkins have been appliquéd.
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Repeat to make a matching table runner
