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How to Make a Floral Pillow

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Floral Pillow
Floral Pillow

Capture the beauty of a blooming summer garden with this breathtaking silk floral pillow

Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • 1/2 yard puple patterned fabric
  • 11" square pice of muslin
  • 11: square pice of white sheer fabric
  • 15" square pice of batting
  • 1 3/4yard, 1/8" wide rope trim
  • washable fabric glue ad white draft glue
  • gold beads
  • 1 silk hydrangea stem
  • 14" square pillow form
  • sewing neddle
  • scirrors and straight pins
  • iron and ironing board
  • sewing machine and matching thread
  1. Step 1

    Separate Flowers and leaves from steam. use fabric glue to tack leaves (should not be glued down completely) to muslin cloth, centering leaves on fabric. Baste or carefully pin sheer fabric over muslin cloth / leaves

  2. Step 2

    Cut two 11" x 3" strips and two 15" x 3" strips from patterned fabric and a 15" square peice for pilliow backing. with right sides facing, pin short stips to oppisite of muslin. Stich together using 1/2" seam allowance. Remove pins, and press seam open. Repeate with long strips on oppisite sides.

  3. Step 3

    pin batting to wrong side of pillow top. Machine quilt around leaves. Zigzag stich around edge of muslin.

  4. Step 4

    With right sides together, pin pillow front back. Stich all around with 1/2" seam, leaving opening along one side for turning. Remove pins, Turn right side out and inseart pillow form. Slip stich opening closed.

  5. Step 5

    Use craft glue to glue rope trim around pillow edges, begining at one corner and matching ends. Glue flowers to senter of pillow top over leaves and one flower to each corner where the fabris meet. Glue beads to centers of flowers

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