Diy - Landscape Pillows
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
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Today I'm excited to innovate you lot to Mariah Golden Palmer of Everything Golden. Mariah is a creative wanderer inward graphic design, photography too fashion too right away a monthly contributor hither at ! Please help me welcome her too her offset projection amongst us, about beautiful landscape pillows. Jan
What you'll need:
1. High resolution nature photos 2. Your photos printed on stuff via Spoonflower 3. Fabric for the dorsum of the pillows too matching thread 5. Scissors too pins. 6. Buttons
Instructions:
1. Upload your high resolution photos to Spoonflower too select the fatty quarter (27" 10 18") option. Keep inward hear the size of pillow you lot want. My pillows are 16" 10 16" too my images were 21" 10 18" centered on the fatty quarter. Always exit at to the lowest degree 1" extra stuff on all sides for seam allowance.
2. Wash your stuff too atomic reveal 26 out flat.
3. Cut your printed stuff to size, depending on the size of your pillow inserts, leaving plenty room for seam allowance. My initial cutting was 18" 10 18"
4. Cut ii pieces of backing fabric, you lot desire them to overlap almost 1" too exit 1" seam allowance. My pieces were 11" 10 18" each.
5. Finish the ends of the backing stuff past times folding nether twice, atomic reveal 26 apartment too run upwards amongst matching thread. Sew a buttonhole on ane side.
6. Put correct sides of the stuff together too pin. Making certain the flap amongst the buttonhole is on the inside. Sew all 4 exterior edges.
7. Turn correct side out. Sew on your push too embrace your pillow insert.
Stay tuned side past times side calendar month for DIY manus dyed shibori pillows, a neat compliment to the landscapes!
Visit Mariah Golden Palmer at her blog, Everything Golden.