Do you ever lose the remote from your TV? Our Sunflower Cushion with
a Pocket is a great place to keep the remote that doubles up as a very
comfortable pillow.
For this project we used the designs from the Sunflower
Collection. |
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The finished size of the cushion is about 12 1/2" x 12 1/2". You will
need about 1/2 yard of fabric, a 10" x 10" square of matching fabric for
the pocket (optional), decorative cord, Velcro tape, stabilizer and a pillow
form.
For the cushion, we used synthetic suede, because we wated the cushion
to be soft and comfortable on one hand, but wanted the fabric to be easy
to embroider, on the other. You can use any fabric you like. For
the matching fabric, we used dark beige. For the stabilizer we used polyester
craft felt, as it makes the cushion even softer. |
| Cutting: |
Out of chocolate brown suede we cut one square measuring 15" x 15"
(the front of the cushion), one square measuring 10" x 10" (one side of
the pocket) and two rectangles, measuring 15" x 10 1/2" each (the back
of the cushion).
Out of the dark beige, we cut one square measuring 10" x 10" for the
other side of the pocket.
Out of polyester felt we cut a square measuring 16" x 16". |
| Embroidering: |
| Decide where you want the embroidery to be. Hoop the 15" x 15" square
with stabilizer and do the embroidery. When finished, trim the excess stabilizer. |
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| Sewing: |
| Step One: Take the 10" x 10" square of beige fabric. Place a
piece of decorative cord along two sides of the square. Align the edges
of the cord with the edges of the fabric. Using a zipper foot, stitch the
cord in place. |
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| Step Two: Place an embroidered square, face up, on your working
table. Take the small square with cord and place it in the corner of the
larger square, face down, the corded corner of the small square should
be in the corner of the larger square. Align the two sides of the two squares.
Pin or baste. Using a zipper foot, stitch the two sides together. |
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| Now turn the working-piece inside-out, so that the cord ends up on
the outside. |
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| Step Three: Take the 10" x 10" square that you cut out of the
chocolate-colored fabric. Place it over the beige square, face down. Align
all sides. Pin or baste the two sides that don't have the cord (dotted
line on the diagram below). Stitch together. |
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| Manually, attach the corner of the small squares (marked with an X
on the diagram) to the felt lining of the larger embroidered square. |
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| Step Four: Flip the working piece over (face up) and spread
it on the table. Fold back the top of the pocket (see diagram below). |
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| Place the decorative cord around the edges of the cushion. Pin or baste
in place. Clip the cord's tape at the corners to make it more flexible.
Unravel the ends of the cord and turn them outside the cushion. Using a
zipper foot, stitch the cord in place. |
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| The photo below shows the same process: |
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| Step Five: To make the back of the cushion, take the 15" x 10
1/2" rectangles. Fold back and press 1" twice on the long sides of both
rectangles for a double fold. Edge-stitch or blind-stitch the hem in place. |
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| Step Six: Take 10-12" of Velcro tape. Sew one half of it to
the top edge of one rectangle and sew the other half to the bottom edge
of the second rectangle. "Stick" both back parts together to make one back
panel. |
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| Step Seven: Place the front part of the pillow on a table, face
up. Unfold the pocket corner. Cover the front part with the back part of
the pillow, face down. Align all edges. Pin or baste. Using the zipper
foot, machine stitch them together. Turn right side out. |
| Step Eight: Insert a pillow form into the pillow. |
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The TV cushion is ready. Enjoy!
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| We hope that you liked our idea and will come up with many of your
own. |
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