AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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Looks like I will be getting more visitors next month (my sister and my nephew)! Thought I would spruce up the guest room a bit with some seashell themed pillows. They are both the same size–18 inches square.
I also followed a YouTube video that @magpie had posted about how to not get those pesky floppy corners! It was a bit more work, but I love how square my pillows came out! I used some black quilting cotton to make envelope backs for easy removal when it comes time to wash them.
They look fantastic & wow, what a difference the “no dog ears” technique makes! I learned that from an interior decorator I worked for when I was just out of design college. She was a bad boss but that trick was worth it for sure
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AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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I also liked the tip about making the cover one inch smaller than the form…it makes a nice plump pillow and the fabric does not move around the form! Now I want to re-do all the pillows…lol
They look great! And so nice on that blue bedding. I have been toying around with trying to avoid the dog ears, so I would love more details on this YouTube video, please.
Great work on the forms, too! A much smoother finish than stuffing directly.
THANKS! I will see how this compares to the method I have been using and only moderately satisfies with!
AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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The tapering is the key…and also the one stitch more in the corners going both ways to make a perfect tiny point…the first one, I marked and sewed…the second one, I could eyeball it…pretty fast once you know how to do it…
I just watched and I have been doing the tapering, but I haven’t been making them “too small” and I think that’s the issue. I hadn’t been getting floppy corners, but the taper had been kind of obvious. I think by snugging it up, I will prevent that! It used to be that the broadly available pillow forms had this instruction on the packaging and that’s where I learned about the taper… like 30+ years ago!
AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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In the past, I made rounded corner pillow or pillow with piping and zippers so it was not much of an issue…I loved your idea of making simpler envelope pillows so I can change out the covers more often. I made the two pillow forms 18 inches but want to make a few larger and a few smaller and just re-use the forms.
AIMR
(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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Thanks…I have just a bit left that I might be able to make either a pieced small pillow or a runner for the tv stand in front of the bed…or just add it to my scrap pile…lol…
Looks professionally done and matches well with your bedspread.
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(Linda -In the year 2025, I am happy to be alive! :us:)
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lol Those two pillows cost more than the entire bed cover and shams…I actually ordered it to match the pillow fabrics and hoped it would be close in match…darn lucky!