Making Red and Blue Star Pillows #Patriotic
by
Brittany aka Pretty Handy Girl
(IC: blogger)
These were super easy to make. I made two pillows in just over an hour on my Brother CS6000i sewing machine.
The first thing I did was print out a star symbol from the computer as large as I could on letter size paper. (Look through your dingbat fonts if you can’t find a star. Mine is Option + H when using zapf dingbats font. But, yours may differ. Or better yet, google star in the images tab.)
Then I traced the star slightly larger than my print out onto white felt. Be sure you are using sharp scissors when you cut the felt or it will tear.
Luckily I had leftover fabric from some pillows I made for Christmas presents and 2 denim cloth napkins handed down to me from my super stepmom!
I simply cut out two squares of red corduroy the same size as the napkins. At this point I should have ironed my fabric, but I was too impatient to finish sewing these starry stunners.
I laid out the stars on the center of the fabric (one on blue and one on red.) Then pinned them in place and stitched the stars onto the fabric.
Then I matched up one denim napkin with the red corduroy star front and vice versa for the denim star pillow. After laying out my pillow (gotta love that I kept those hunter green pillows from the 90′s!) on top of the fabric, I pinned the fabric right sides together forming a guide for where my seams would be.
Next I straight stitched the sides together leaving an opening, about half the width, at the bottom to stuff the pillow inside. I checked to make sure the pillow fit before I turned it right side out. Then trimmed my extra salvage edges and made 45 degree cuts at all corners. At this point, I turned the pillow case right side out.
I used the blunt tipped scissors to poke the corners out (broken tipped pencils or other blunt pointy objects work just as well. Wow, that sounds like a murder weapon.) Then stuffed my pillow back inside and pinned the bottom of the pillow together.
Last, I stitched a straight stitch as close to the bottom of the pillow as I could to seal the open edge
And that is my super-duper, easy and quick guide to creating star pillows.
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Published May 22nd, 2014 3:06 PM
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Miriam Illions on May 23, 2014Happy Memorial day! These work for every day of the year and match your nook perfectly!
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