Make a home decor project in our last class of the series–a flange pillow embellished with the decorative stitches found on a sewing machine. You will learn how to calculate measurements to fit a pre-made pillow form, decide which stitches and threads to use, use a stabilizer to prevent puckering of your stitches, turn corners, press crisp edges, sew a flange, edgestitch, and make a sham pillow back. Make this pillow to decorate your bed, sofa, or chair. You will develop skills so that you can make your own pillows of any size.
Supply List
- Sewing machine with foot control and power cord if you own one. If not, you may use one of our classroom machines.*
- Sewing machine feet and user’s manual that came with the machine
- If you are using one of our machines, you will need to bring a 15J bobbin—or buy one from us; they are $.75 each. *
- 1 spool of Metrosene or Gutterman all-purpose sewing thread to match your fabric
- 1 to 5 different colors of machine embroidery thread, if you have some. If not, we have some that you can use. *
- Erasable fabric marking pen * or chalk marker
- Basic Sewing Supplies Kit (sewing scissors, pins, seam gauge, etc.)
- 12” or 14” pillow form
- 2 fat quarters of fabric OR ½ yard
- 24” quilter’s ruler (or you may borrow one of our yard sticks)
* These items can be purchased in the Viking Sewing Gallery.
