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Football Related Post - Sorry (But there is some sewing involved!)

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I just couldn't resist... Pic: Getty via metro.co.uk Pic: via the Northern Echo Just look at the joy in that face Pic: from @RightToPlay_UK on twitter But to make it a little bit more sewing orientated here's a cushion I made for my sister before I started blogging. The Chelsea logo is cross-stitched and measures about 10" x 10" and took a LONG time! But I love the therapeutic nature of stitching in front of the telly and how neat and accurate cross stitch turns out so it was one of my favourite projects. I made it into a very simple cushion cover by creating a frame for the cross stitch from some soft blue felted fabric using mitred corners. I then created a back out of the same blue fabric in the same size as the frame and stitched it all together. I just made the opening at the back overlap by quite an amount rather than fussing about with any kind of fastening. I decided to keep it very simple as I thought the cross stitch was enough of...