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Sewing: India Inspired Pillow
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India Inspired Pillow

Detail

PIllow top, approx 16
Detail

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This project was made as part of a Craftsy course:
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Instructions

Loved the project and Carol Ann's teaching style -- relaxed, thorough and moved right along! The only problem I had was using a too slippery fabric as the fourth layer, it made it difficult to keep the pillow top flat, but, as Carol Ann said, nothing is impossible to fix with this technique, I just added couching and free-motion random stitching over the wrinkles and you'd never know they were ...
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Category: Sewing

Type of item: Home Decor

For: Home

Style: Hipster, Funky, Eco-Friendly, Ethnic, Whimsical


Materials

Four fabrics including orange polyester lining, recycled Indian blouse, maroon Indian sheer from a sari, hand-dyed blue cotton damask. Assorted threads and fabric strips couched as embellishment.

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Viki on craftsy.com
Apr 06, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Stunning colors!!!
Barbism on craftsy.com
Jan 01, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Now THAT really warms my frozen Canadian bones! Beautiful!
cmarles on craftsy.com
Dec 08, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Wonderful colours and patterns! Thanks for taking the time to share this.
Brynnmam on craftsy.com
Dec 01, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Love your work Inspiring!
Susiemonday on craftsy.com
Dec 01, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks, I love love love working with all kinds of recycled ethnic fabrics.
Susiemonday on craftsy.com
Nov 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Thanks for all the great comments. I hope to have time to make more of these during the holidays!!
mimis quilts on craftsy.com
Nov 27, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
love love this and the blue is fantastic with the oranges.
Susiemonday on craftsy.com
Nov 27, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
I am a real color girl!
grammy on craftsy.com
Nov 15, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
This idea also makes beautiful floor rugs--just wash affter making to make a fluffy surface.
AllThatPatchwor on craftsy.com
Nov 14, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
How incredibly exciting! Now I'm just going to have to search my stash for those colors to make a stitch and slash BAG. Yeah!
Susiemonday on craftsy.com
Nov 13, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
Thanks so much. I loved making the pillow and my original plan was to give it as a gift this Christmas, but I am not sure I can give it up. Thanks Carol for teaching this great project.
CaseyJones on craftsy.com
Nov 13, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
That's what it is all about, isn't it? Those colours are just gorgeous!!
Carol Ann Waugh on craftsy.com
Carol Ann Waugh
Craftsy Instructor
Nov 13, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
This makes my heart sing! Excuse me while I run back to my studio to find these fabulous colors and make something myself!