MANDALA CUSHION PATTERN PART 1 AND 2

LINKS TO PATTERN PARTS 1 AND 2...at the bottom of this post.

ROUND 6: sl st to the 3rd dc of the 'petal', 6ch sts, sc to the 3rd dc of the next petal repeat until you complete round with a sl st.

ROUND 7: sl st, into the chain loop, 8dc in each loop, sl st to complete the round. (96sts)

ROUND 8: sc in every sts. sl st to complete round. (96sts)

ROUND 9: 3dc, in first st, miss 2 sts 3 dc in next stitch, repeat until round complete, sl st to finish round. (32 granny shells of 3dc)

ROUND 10: sl st, to next space, 3dc granny shell in each space with 1ch sts between each granny shell. sl st to finish round (32granny shells 32ch sts )

ROUND 11:  Repeat round 10 (32 granny shells and 32ch sts)

ROUND 12: Repeat round 10 (32 granny shells and 32ch sts)

ROUND 13: 1dc in space, 1dc in each of next 3 sts, repeat to complete the round, sl st to finish round. ( 128 sts)

ROUND 14: 15: 1dc in each st, sl st to finish round. (128sts)

ROUND 16: Repeat round 13 but with an increase of 16 stitches approximately every 8sts, you need to have 144 sts to match the front. sl st to compete round.

MAKE UP:

Wrong sides together match stitch for stitch with 1sc in every stitch to join the front to the back

Do 36 x 5dc shell stitches to finish the cushion, sl st to complete round.

Add buttons and loops or a zip.

Sorry it took so long to do the complete pattern

PART 1: FRONT HERE.

PART 2: FRONT HERE..

PART 1: BACK HERE.