Introduction to Making the Tuxedo Pillow

Series Summary

Sewing is an ancient craft that still has remarkable relevance in today's modern world. The art of stitching and assembling pieces of fabric together, either by hand or with the use of a modern sewing machine, is still a valuable skill: it is the backbone of the textile industry; it comes in handy for clothing repair; fashion and design find it indispensable; and homemade clothing wouldn’t exist without it. Whether you use a sewing machine or a needle and thread, the techniques involved in constructing a well-fitting garment are very specific and involved. Becoming skilled at the craft is a lifelong pursuit.

In this free video series, our expert Terri Turco will show you how to make a tuxedo pillow. She will show you how to select fabric, pin the fabric together, and sew it together. She will also teach you how to select a needle, tell you all about batting or stuffing, and teach you how to iron the fabric. Finally she will show yo how to finish the pillow with a decorative ribbon.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Terri Turco with Expert Village and today we are going to go to new decorating vistas. I'm an expert at interior decorating because I'm an interior decorator, pretty easy, huh? But, what I really love are pillows because pillows can really make that extra added punch in your room for really pennies on the dollar. I've made a number of pillows in my own home and you can see that they're all very different shapes and sizes with different decorative treatments. These really cost me next to nothing and I really think they add so much color and vibrancy to the room. Well today you are really in for a very fun surprise because we are going to do something called the tuxedo pillow. And a tuxedo pillow can never be bad in any way, shape or form. I mean a tuxedo always looks formal and it always looks in place. And I'm going to show you how to make a really simple, easy pillow that's going to add a lot of pop and punch to your room for really next to nothing. This pillow can probably cost you under ten dollars and trust me it's going to look like a thirty to forty dollar pillow and it's going to take you less than an hour to make. So you make sure you take a pencil and paper and come right back because I'm going to show you how to make a tuxedo pillow and you are going to love it."