Glam Your Bed Pillow Sew-Along Week Three- The Embellished Pillow

Welcome to Week Three of the Glam Your Bed Pillow Sew-Along!

Last week, we made the lovely Quilted Pillow.

In case you’re new, over the course of five weeks, we’ll be making a pillow a week. You can choose to make one or make them all! By the time we are finished, you’ll have an awesome looking bed for the New Year, and maybe even some new sewing skills!

Each Monday I will introduce the pillow for the week, complete with the supply list and instructions. On Fridays, I will post about any specialized stitches that we may need for the next pillow. For example, if I know that Monday’s Pillow includes piping, I’ll so a special post the Friday before on piping so that you have instructions on different techniques, as well.

This series assumes that you already have 2 standard pillows and 2 pillow shams on your bed. The before and after pictures that you see will be reflective of this.

I want to see your pillows! Go to my blog’s Flickr page {Here} or Facebook Page and upload your photos! At the end of the sew-along, I’ll be featuring some of your work! Also, don’t forget to grab the button on the left sidebar and add it to your blog- the more that join along, the merrier!

First, a word about the fabric. Choose your fabric wisely. For these pillows, I recommend a nice, home decor fabric. I was super lucky to find an entire bolt of fabric that I wanted to use at a craft sale, but if you don’t already have a fabric that you want to use, I wouldn’t try to scrap by with cheap fabric.

I choose two types of fabric. One matched the main color that my bed already is, the other is an accent color that coordinated with the main color fabric. If you choose to make all your pillows from the same fabric, you will need 5-6 yards. If you want to make the pillows different colors, then you can break that amount up a a little bit.

The inspiration for all of these pillow was given to me by an article in Sewing Magazine. I altered the plans somewhat to fit the materials that I had on hand. For more information on the….

If you participated the last two weeks, you should now have two new pillows on your bed: the ribbon pillow and the quilted pillow.

This week-

The Embellished Pillow

Supplies

Sewing Machine
Coordinating Thread
Scissors
Pins
3/4 yard of main body fabric
1/4 yard of accent side fabric
1 or 2 decorative tassels
1 1/3 yards of 7/8″ wide double-face satin ribbon, cut in half
Fiberfill stuffing

Step One

Begin by cutting your fabric.

Fabric: Main body: Cut a 17″ x 25″ rectangle

Fabric: Accent ends: Cut (2) 4″ x 25″ rectangles

Step Two:

Pin and sew one 4″ x 25″ strip to each end of the 17″ by 25″ rectangle, using a 1/2 inch seam allowance.

Step Three:

Fold the assembled rectangle in half to form a tube. Pin and sew the long edges of the rectangle together, leaving an opening in the middle for turning.

Step Four:

Turn pillow right side out and fold the rectangular tube so that the seam will be in the center of the back of the pillow. Sew the tassel(s) in the front center of the pillow. There is no magic tidbit for sewing on tassels- pin them and hand sew them onto the fabric.

Take both of your strips of ribbon and gather them. Be sure to heat seal the ends of each ribbon. Need help on how to gather? See {This Post} all about gathering!

Step Five:

Turn pillow WRONG side out. Pin a ribbon on the inside of each pillow end, adjusting the gathers so that the ribbon fits appropriately. Sew the ends closed, using a 1/2″ seam allowance.

Step Six:

Turn the pillow so that the right side is facing out. Stuff the pillow with fiberfill and slip stitch closed. See this helpful video {here} if you need help slip stitching.

Finished!! Another pillow down. If you have been participating in the sew-along thus far, your bed should now look like this:

Looking better every week!! I’d say this pillow can be completed in 1 to 2 naptimes, depending on your skill level. Come back next week to see what we will make next. And don’t forget- I want to see your pillows! Feel free to link them at my Things I’ve Done Thursday party, to my Facebook page, or to my blog Flickr page.

Linking to these great parties!