Fun & Fabulous Pillows to Sew: 15 Easy Designs for the Complete BeginnerHave you ever seen a fabulous pillow in a boutique or catalog and thought: "I wish I could make that”? Fortunately, you can! Pillows are one of the easiest home decorating items to sew, and these 15 styles will appeal to today’s hip readers. A short introductory course provides all the basic skills--seaming, installing a zipper, stitching buttons and buttonholes, adding flanges--and then it’s time to sew. Start simple with a knife-edged square pillow, move on to a boxed cushion with piping, and create a bolster to showcase a fabulous fabric. Each project builds on the one before, so readers progressively develop a repertoire of skills. Many of the pillows feature popular embellishments such as ribbon trim, appliqu , and embroidery. |
Contents
Contents | 6 |
Meet the Sewing Machine | 13 |
Learn to Sew | 20 |
Embellish Your Pillow | 45 |
Bohemian Patchwork | 72 |
Tibetan Opulence | 79 |
Proudly Round | 85 |
Big Bang Pillows | 92 |
Edgy Bolsters | 99 |
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16-inch pillow form 18 inches ABSOLUTE BEGINNER align appliqués Approximately 1/2 yard backstitch Basic pillow-making tools basting stitches bead BEGINNER Cheat sheet bobbin bolster box-edge pillow boxing strip buttons chenille fabric contrasting fabric cording cut one piece cut two pieces decorative EASY BEGINNER embellishment embroidery fiberfill FINISHED SIZE Approximately flange fold form Matching thread front and back fusible hand stitch Here's installing the zipper lengthwise line of stitching mark NEED Basic pillow-making needle organza Photo 1 Photo Photo 9 pillow back pillow front pillow right side pin and stitch piping point turner polyester Press the seam presser foot print fabric raw edges right sides facing running stitch satin stitch seam allowance seams open sequins sewing machine sewn silk dupioni square Stitch in place straight stitch supplies Approximately 1/2 template tools & supplies topstitch trim Turn right side turn the pillow Unzip the zipper velvet whipstitch wrong side zipper tape