I made one all by hand. I now have it on my bed as a bedspread. I used a template but have recently found a better way of making the little pieces. Find the size template that you want I believe I used a 3" template that would finish at 2 1/2. Now I would mark a piece of copy paper with a row of the template then copy several and keep a master as you will need it later. After coping staple several sheets behind it and cut them out. Remove staple and apply to fabric with long pin then fold around and baste. These you don't have to take out until you are completely done and they don't loose there shape.