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Geo beanbag

Create a handy pew for little ones to sit on, just like

Hanna’s, or use to prop up your feet in the evening

Top Tip

For a fun look ideal for

a games room, you could

use a different colour

or pattern of fabric

for each side of

your bean bag.

fill up

Zig Zag in Amber fabric, £17.40 per m,

Prestigious Textiles. Beanbag filling,

from £10 for a small bag, Dunelm

Make and styling

Suzie Attaway

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Olly Gordon

You will need

Q2m fabric

QMeasuring tape

QScissors

Qpins

QSewing machine

QCotton thread

QJug

Qpolystyrene beans

QNeedle

1

Cut the fabric into

six squares, each

measuring 45cm x 45cm.

2

Place two pieces together

with right sides facing, and

pin along one side. Stitch using

a sewing machine, if you have

one, and cotton thread.

3

Repeat with two more

pieces of fabric, stitching

the last side to the first.

4

Now, pin the remaining

squares of fabric to the top

and bottom, and sew in place

leaving a 10cm wide opening

on one side to add the filling.

5

Turn right side out, then

using a jug, fill generously

with beans through the opening.

6

Neatly stitch up the gap

with a needle and thread.