I got married 13 years ago and my wedding dress has sat in the wardrobe. I thought I would put it on Ebay but there were thousands on there and then I thought of taking it to a charity shop. I suddenly realised I could make something memorable out of my dress. I decided to cut it up and make it into cushions for myself, my mum and my bridesmaids.

To begin with I had to decide how to cut it. The dress was made up of 4 different layers of fabric. I ended up with quite a large quantity of each layer

I have made a folded star before and decided this would be ideal for this. The next stage was making the rectangles to make the cushion. I needed 8 sets of 8 pieces of fabric.

These are then sewn onto a piece of fabric and then the fabric is folded together to make a beautiful star.

Today I will make it into a cushion so have a look at the finished product later