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Sew Home - Corded Throw Pillow & a Giveaway!

September 23, 2016 43 Comments

Hello! Welcome to my stop on the Sew Home Blog Hop. My dear friend, Erin Schlosser has just released her first book, Sew Home, with C&T Publishing. It's packed full of fantastic, versatile, and skill building projects for every room of your home, including:

Window Treatments
Bathrooms (bathmat, shower curtain, hand towels)
Kitchen (tablecloth, table runner, napkins)
Storage and Organization
Indoor Decor
Outdoor Sewing

When Erin asked me to be a part of her blog hop and book release, I was thrilled (be sure to read to the end, for a chance to win a copy of Erin's new book!). The majority of my sewing time is spent making clothes for my daughters and quilts. I've only dipped my toes in the waters of home dec. Erin's book inspired me to dive right in, and I found myself wanting to make many of her projects. I settled on the Corded Throw Pillow (upper left in the image above) because I wanted to give cording a try, and install a zipper in a new way.

Cording is not something that I have much experience with, but Erin's simple instructions made it virtually pain-free. She shares a great trick for cutting the fabric at just the right measurement to wrap around the cording, no matter what size cording you use. I must say, it worked like a charm!

For my pillow, I used linen with a large scale print. Linen can been thin, and fray a bit when cutting and sewing. In the book, Erin suggests using a fusible interfacing for thinner fabrics. I used her suggestion, and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. I really appreciate that Erin recognized that not everyone will want to use or have access to home dec fabrics. Being able to use what I had in my stash made me love Erin's book even more. You're going to love it too!

I've known Erin for a few years, and got her hooked on glue basting long ago. When Erin was writing her book, she reached out to me and asked it would be okay with me to use our Micro Fine Glue Tips as a resource in her book. I said, "Absolutely!" Erin references glue basting as a tool for helping to make many of her projects, including the Corded Throw Pillow. The Corded Throw Pillow is made with a standard zipper. There are many, many ways to install a zipper. Erin shares a simple method and it's made even easier by glue basting the zipper to the pillow backing before you sew. I use Liquid Stitch (a permanent fabric glue - it's thick and will adhere the zipper to the backing easily) and the Micro Fine Glue Tips for glue basting zippers. I simply apply the glue, and heat set with a hot, dry iron, then sew. There's no shifting or puckering, and the zipper lays nice and flat.

My own couch may need a few pillow friends to go with my lovely new pillow, and maybe some new placemats or a table runner.

Erin and C&T Publishing are generously giving away a copy of her book to one of my readers! To enter, leave a comment letting me know one thing that you'd like to make for your home - napkins, a shower curtain, storage containers, pillows, cushions for a patio set, a personalized clock, or something else altogether? The giveaway will run until the end of the blog hop, on Sept. 29th.

For more project inspiration, be sure to stop by the the other blogs on the blog hop tour:

Tuesday, September 20 - C&T Publishing & Joanna at Kustom Kwilts and Designs

Wednesday, September 21 - Sew 4 Home & Jen Carlton Bailly

Thursday, September 22 - Brenda at Just A Bit Frayed/Pink Castle Fabrics & Nicole at Modern Handcraft

Friday, September 23 - Janome Sewing Machines & Cristy at Purple Daisies Quilting

Monday, September 26 - Windham Fabrics & Rebecca at Bryan House Quilts

Tuesday, September 27 - Generation Q Magazine, Karen Lewis Textiles & Latifah Saafir Studios

Wednesday, September 28 - Dear Stella Fabrics & Mandy at Mandalei Quilts

Thursday, September 29 - Erin at Schlosser Designs

10 Responses

Marlene

September 23, 2016

I want to make curtains and for my craft area, my living room, kitchen and my kids room. I also love your tip about using glue for basting zippers.

Chris

September 23, 2016

I need new curtains for my bathroom. The glue trick is great.

Amy Whetten

September 23, 2016

I want to bins to holld quilts, toilet paper and towels. Erin is awesome!

Sandy Foster

September 23, 2016

I desperately need new throw pillows for my couch. My husband likes to wad them up to use them while watching TV, so they need regular replacement!

Susan Stanton

September 23, 2016

I’d like to make new table napkins! It’s fun to change them out for different seasons.

Kathy E.

September 23, 2016

I’d be very interested in making storage containers for my sewing room! There is always things to store in there and if I can store it in a pretty way, I’m going for it!

Carla Hundley

September 23, 2016

Gorgeous fabric on
your pillow! I need
some pillow on my
couch, have to check
this out.
Carla from Utah

Sue pons

September 23, 2016

I enjoy sewing for my home and I LOVE the glue method of basting. I mostly make quilts and I am happy I found the glue tip.i would love to have the book.

Lynette Forge

September 23, 2016

Using glue to get the zipper to lay flat sounds intriguing.

Susan

September 23, 2016

I love to make pillows as I think it changes the whole look of a room so easily. I also love the feeling of finishing that one big block vs an entire quilt. I like to use glue for my zippers too. It makes it ridiculously easy to sew. So funny that people are afraid of zipper So!

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