Technique focus

Stitch this daisy cushion with a pretty appliqué design

One way to keep the peace in the home and to ensure chores are done, especially with little ones running amok, is by setting some ground rules. Emma Congdon’s monochromatic sampler makes for the ideal

“This is a stash-buster of a quilt, especially good for using up Jelly Roll strips for those little basket tops, indeed baskets of scraps. I mostly used fabrics with lots of colours, although they are

■ Pattern sheet x1 (tracing required) ■ Instruction sheet ■ All sizes: 2.3m of 150cm wide fabric ■ Lightweight iron on interfacing: 05m ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit ■ Use a 1.5cm seam allowanc

■ Main fabric: see instructions for details, for top ■ Cotton fabric strip: see instructions for details, for casing ■ Elastic: 4cm wide, see instructions for length ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing k

■ Lily Sugar‘n Cream (100% cotton, 70.9g/109m) 2 balls of Yarn A Country Yellow (01612) 1 ball of each: Yarn B Black Currant (01318) Yarn C Orchid (01137) ■ A 4.5mm (US 7) hook ■ 4 stitch markers ■ St