An embellishment Pillow is the exquisite project for so many dissimilar reasons!
• It is the exquisite way to test colors and designs for a quilt you are planning.
• Many embellishment pillows can be completed in just a few hours.
• This is the exquisite hostess gifts.
• An embellishment Pillow is a quick way to update your home decor.
• It is a great way to test out new techniques.
• One can be made for each holiday.
• An embellishment pillow can give a child (or an adult for that matter) a feeling of security.
...And I am sure you can think of many many more ideas!
Would you like to make an embellishment pillow that is quick and easy? Well, give this a try!
You will need:
* Two linen napkins that have a hemstitch about 1" in from the edge of the napkin.
* Water soluble sticky stabilizer.
* Very narrow ribbon.
* A double eyed needle or a blunt tapestry needle with a large eye.
* general embellishment supplies ( thread, machine, hoop, scissors....)
Now lets get started!
* resolve on the create you want to stitch out for your embellishment pillow and exchange it to your embellishment machine. Don't forget this might be the exquisite place for an preliminary or a monogram.
* Hoop your sticky water soluble stabilizer, take off the protective paper, position the linen napkin on the stabilizer in the hoop and baste in place.
* When you are terminated take off your project from the hoop
* determined cut away any large number of excess sticky water soluble stabilizer from around the create of the embellishment pillow
* Rinse out the stabilizer according to the manufacturer's instructions.
* Let your embellishment pillow dry, then iron it and to make it look extra beautiful, go ahead and starch it!
Now let's put our pillow together!
* Thread the narrow ribbon into the double eyed needle or the tapestry needle.
* Place the two linen napkins on top of each other (one is blank, one has your beautiful embellishment on it), wrong sides together and weave the needle in and out of the hemstitching.
* For an even weave pattern you can put your needle and ribbon in every hole, every other hole, every third hole...
* If you would like to generate an "uneven" pattern, you could go down in one hole then skip three holes and come back up. Basically your ribbon pattern can be anything you would like it to be.
* Leave an opportunity to insert the pillow form or stuffing, then stop weaving of the ribbon around your embellishment pillow and Enjoy.
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