It’s always a pleasure to hang out with the creative and clever young people studying fashion and textiles at the Northern College of Arts and Technology, and this incursion was no exception.

I took two classes through the magical process of making an envelope cushion cover using lapped seams to create a decorative front panel.

This method for creating seams is less bulky and makes it easy to piece together lots of strips of fabric, so good for using up all those bits you are saving.

Here are a few I’ve made:

And check out the students’ handiwork, all in about 2 hours including time for me going on about textile waste!. Images courtesy of @ncat_fashionandtextiles

If you are interested in learning how to do this, I offer private tutoring in addition to running workshops – just get in touch Kerin[at]remaki.com