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Finished pillow |
My daughter-in-law gave me a sweater that had shrunk in the wash. It sort of fit me but was way too scratchy. I decided to make it onto a pillow.
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Shrunken sweater |
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Hooped for embroidery |
I cut apart the sweater and hooped it with sticky stabilizer to stitch the design that I had chosen. After stitching the design I cut the center piece. I framed it with some faux leather that was in my stash.
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Special needle |
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Teflon foot |
To sew the faux leather I need to use a leather needle and my teflon foot. This made the sewing so much easier.
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Embroidery detail |
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Top-stitched seams |
The embroidery design I used was a bike chain heart from Urban Threads. As my husband and I both love to bike I thought this would be a fun design for our basement which has black leather couch and chairs. I pressed the seams open and top-stitched to keep everything nice and flat on the front.
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Zipper opening |
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Zipper used |
Instead of a traditional zipper opening on the back, I chose to do an exposed zipper. I had a two slide zipper in my stash. I marked a diagonal opening on the back and then cut the opening using a wave rotary cutter.
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Tape used for zipper |
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Zipper with tape |
To sew the zipper into the opening I used Jewel's Tape to hold it in place as I could not use pins. I made sure to place the tape well away from the stitch line.
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Back of the pillow |
I would like to add some tassels to the zipper pulls for a little more interest to the pillow back. The covered cord was made from the sweater.
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