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Sweater pillow |
A client brought me her mom's sweater and wanted it made into a pillow. She wanted to preserve the pockets if possible.
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Puckered front |
In evaluating the sweater, I found the grosgrain ribbon on the front edges had shrunk and/or the sweater stretched out. The only way to get the fronts to lie flat was to snip the ribbon. I couldn't remove it because the buttonholes were sewn through it.
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Snipping the grosgrain ribbon |
Snipping the ribbon din't totally alleviate the problem so I used steam to block the sweater and 'shrink' it up some. Then I ironed on a fusible backing to stabilize the pieces before cutting them to size. I also stitched the front closed so it wouldn't gape between the buttons.
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Blocked sweater front |
As it was quite a lightweight sweater I added a napped lining to give it more body. I cut off the corners to prevent 'dog ears' and serged the lining to the stabilized sweater. I did cut the front slightly off center to allow for one full pocket and the other was a partial pocket.
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Pocket detail |
The back was just a full piece with fused stabilizer and lining. I did hand sew it closed, no zipper. I do think a nicer pillow form would have made a nicer pillow but I went with what I was given.
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Back of the pillow |
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