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  • badmemory
    badmemory Posts: 10,183 Forumite
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    Only make it into a cushion if you are prepared to still be looking at it in over 50 years.  I made 2 for my mother over 50 years ago.  The backing gave out a very long time ago & she wanted to keep them so I made them into one cushion, which is still sitting on my settee with absolutely no sign of wear, but it was made with the stitch across the front that you then go over which uses more thread but is more dense.
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,957 Forumite
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    Ooh, that's very beautiful, and quite similar to the one I picked up in the charity shop recently (which I intended to make into a cushion but haven't got round to it yet 😂)
  • debtfreewannabe321
    debtfreewannabe321 Posts: 10,119 Forumite
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    Lovely tapestry, nice and bright to cheer the room up for a miserable winters day. 🌺
  • Merlin's_Beard
    Merlin's_Beard Posts: 1,626 Forumite
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    Beautiful tapestry and marker of a year!
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £226,957.97
    Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
  • Humdinger1
    Humdinger1 Posts: 2,615 Forumite
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    Gosh you're so talented @KajiKita! Please don't hide your light under a bushel- all of it needs to be out.  Love Humdinger xx 
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