I made some fun samples last week for a few classes I've got coming up this month! Here's the first one: This pillow looks great and is SUPER easy to make, I promise! Here's what I did. Cut three pieces for the front of the pillow: Left side strip - 6" x 20" Gathered Center Strip - 4 1/2" x WOF (44") Right side strip - 12 1/2" x 20" The center strip will be much longer than 20". To easily gather it and make it 20" long you'll make two rows of basting stitches along either side. My first row was at a 1/4" seam and the other was about 1/8" to the side of the first row. Grab your bottom threads and gently pull to gather … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday: Throw Pillow with Invisible Zipper
Ready to tackle an invisible zipper? Please promise me you won't let what anyone else says about how hard zippers are stand in your way! Ok, ready? We'll talk about invisible zippers and then sew up a pillow using one. (I promise these are so easy, you'll wonder why you haven't started using them before!) You'll need: 16" pillow form 1/2 yard of fabric 1 4" invisible zipper (I get mine from ZipIt on Etsy, she ships fast and the prices are awesome!) Coordinating thread Your machine's zipper foot Let's talk zippers and zipper feet for a minute: My zipper foot for my Janome looks like this: It's got two … [Read more...]
