Soft pillows thrown haphazardly on the old wicker or rattan just beg you to have a seat and and take a load off. However, if your well worn lake cabin pillows look a little bedraggeled, run over to the flea market, find some vintage fabric and spend a rainy morning making some jazzy new porch pillows complete with a contrasting flange for guaranteed relaxation.
All You Need:
pillow form
3/4 yard of fabric
1/2 yard of fabric for the flange
straight edge
rotary cutter
straight pins
scissors
sewing machine
If you want a 1 1/2″ flat flange, you’ll cut 4″ strips of of constrasting fabric
on the diagonal using a straight edge and, for ease, a rotary cutter.
1. Pin strips of flange fabric together, crossing them as pictured, right side to right side and stitch at a diagonal.
2. Cut off excess seam allowance to 1/2″, press seam open and press long seam open and press entire strip flat. Fold in two lengthwise and press. Stitch together at a 1/2″ seam allowance.
3. Open stitching on one end and fold end under. Pin and stitch flange piece around entire right side of one side of the pillow, starting at the center bottom of the pillow.
4. Place other side of the pillow on top, right sides together, pin together leaving a 10″ opening at the center of the bottom for inserting the pillow. Stitch all around the pillow, cut the corners at a diagonal making sure not to cut through the stitching. Turn the pillow cover right side out and insert your pillow form.
5. Follow directions in yesterday’s post on closing and stitching the opening to the pillow.
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