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This hand-embroidered drawstring adds a pretty detail to pyjama bottoms – and it loo

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■ Cotton or linen tea towel: pink ■ Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of black, blue, light green, pink, red, turquoise and yellow ■ Embroidery hoop: 18cm diameter ■ Adhesive water-soluble stabiliser ■ Ba

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Sewing room

YOU WILL NEED ■ Main fabric, see instructions for size ■ Elastic, 0.5cm wide and long enough to fit around your cover ■ Ironing board padding (optional), see instructions for sizing ■ Matching sewing

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Stripe hype

■ 2.5m of 140cm wide fabric ■ 2cm wide elastic the length of the waist minus 5cm ■ 20cm invisible zip ■ 1m lightweight fusible interfacing ■ Fabric marking tools ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit ■

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A place in history

■ Background fabric – Moda Chambray linen in grey – 2yds ■ Blue stripe ticking fabric (borders A and B and binding) – 1yd ■ Beige/blue print for borders D and E – 2¼yds ■ Light mixed prints – Nine (9)

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Safe keeping

YOU WILL NEED ■ Cygnet 100% Cotton (100% cotton, 100g/200m) 2 balls of Yarn A Frosty Blue (5033) 1 ball of each: Yarn B Peach Sorbet (6724) Yarn C Pepper (6206) Yarn D Peony Pink (4065) Yarn E Dandeli

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Pinboard

We present to you the dress that you will want to wear everyday this summer – The Dillon Dress, designed by Christine Haynes, is a modern apron wrap dress that's absolutely perfect for layering over a