Stay warm this winter with this patchwork cover-up to sew

Shopping list ● A4 printer paper ● sticky tape ● scissors ● 1.5m plain fabric ● tape measure ● dressmaker’s scissors ● pins or fabric clips ● sewing machine ● thread ● iron ● scrap of snowflake-patter

YOU WILL NEED ■ Cotton fabric (main and lining) ■ Lightweight wadding or batting ■ 10mm velvet ribbon (10–20cm length, depending on desired hanging loop) ■ Coordinating thread ■ Basic sewing kit NOTES

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