When you live in a small loft apartment, the majority of surfaces are unsuitable for lounging – large expanses of concrete and brick and little space for such luxuries as recliners and large sofas. And in the case of Austin’s apartment, seating is limited to a single futon with wooden arm rests. Frequent were the occasions when I’d find myself trying to lean to one side of the futon to watch a movie or read a book, only to find no soft welcoming reception or warm cushy support. This, obviously, had to change. Fortunately, my new sewing machine has given me the power to heighten this lounging experience by making some pillows for Austin.
Pillows are so easy to make! Each one was done in a night, if not a couple hours. The first pillow (left) is a solid fabric cut into strips than sewed back into a rectangle, with a few strips replaced with a patterned fabric. The second pillow is a…pinwheel? design with a fabric button in the center. I mulled over the best strategy for sewing the triangles together, and had a eureka moment when I found this quilting tutorial – creating triangles is actually a piece of cake, and this pillow took me the least amount of time. The third pillow features a cool optical pattern framed by neutral stripes with mitered corners. Each pillow was planned as a single piece, so they don’t really work so well together as a set, and they’re pretty basic. On the next run I’ll probably get more ambitious with the planning and design.
Some Simple Pillows.
All fabrics came from Fat Quarter Shop, an online quilting fabric store which so far has been the best variety I have found (unfortunately for local shops, which I would love to give business to, but the St. Louis area shops I’ve been to are pretty lacking in variety and searchability, which becomes really limiting to your designs).
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