Description
Skill Level: Confident Beginner | Instructor: Lauren Simpson
Need a last minute, handmade project to gift to a loved one this holiday season? Come and join us in the studio to make a quick and easy keepsake project - we'll turn any graphic t-shirt (a special loved one's, college, high school, sports, etc.) into a fun pillow with coordinating fabric borders.
This class is suitable for confident beginner sewists who can thread and operate a sewing machine independently and have experience using a rotary cutter. Graduates of our Quilting 101 or Sewing 101 Intensive classes are encouraged to register for this class.
Required Materials:
- (1) Pattern: Memory Lane by Studio M Squared
- (1) T-Shirt of your choosing - note: the body of the T-Shirt must measure at least 14' wide when laid flat
- fabric requirements listed below:
If you are making a 16" pillow, you will need:
- 1/4 yd of main fabric (for sashing)
- 1/2 yd of accent fabric (for cornerstones + pillow back)
- 3/8 yd of Pellon SF101
- (1) 16" pillow form
If you are making a 18" pillow, you will need:
- 1/4 yd of main fabric (for sashing)
- 5/8 yd of accent fabric (for cornerstones + pillow back)
- 1/2 yd of Pellon SF101
- (1) 18" pillow form
Recommended Fabric:
We suggest using quilting cotton for the main + accent fabrics.
Required Tools:
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fabric scissors or rotary cutter
- seam ripper
- seam gauge or Clover Hot Ruler
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pins and/or wonder clips
- chalk and/or frixion marker