T-shirt into a Square Flanged Envelope Pillow Tutorial

Tutorial for T-shirt Pillow: A Square Flanged Envelope Pillow Tutorial from a

T-shirt. By Gail Pickens-Barger, http://love2sew4fun.blogspot.com/

What you will need

Size Adult L - T-shirt (or larger)
14 " square pillow form
Matching or contrasting Thread
Sewing Machine
Pins
Sizzors

1. Cut up the sides of the t-shirt.

2. Cut a 19 inch by 19 inch square from the front of the T-shirt.

3. Cut two(2) 19 inch by 13 inch panels from the back of the T-shirt (see photo), this will make the envelope portion of the back of the finished pillow. One of the panels, I used the edge/bottom of the T-shirt, so that I do not have to sew an edge on one of the panels.

4. On one of the 19 by 13 inch panels, sew 1/4 inch from the edge, on the long end. Then turn 1/4 inch, sew again, turn once more 1/4 inch and sew the 1/4 from the edge. Or finish the edge with your favorite technique. (see Photo)

5. Pin the two back pieces to the front piece, RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER (see photo). Place the panel with the t-shirt hem first, then place the panel that you sewed the edge second, having the hemmed edges overlapping. (The t-shirt hem will be on the outside of the finished t-shirt pillow.)


6. Stitch All around the pillow with a 1/2 inch seam allowance. Cut corners diagonally. Trim the seam allowances.

7. Turn RIGHT SIDE OUT. Press. (T-shirt hem is the outer layer, as show in this photo.) ====>

8. To make flange, stitch 2 inches from the outer edges. (You may want to use contrasting thread or stick with a matching thread.)


9. Insert 14" pillow form thru back opening.


10. There you have your square flanged envelope pillow.

Notes: The Larger the t-shirt size, the more room you'll have to center the design into the square. This particular shirt was very close to the neckline, so the design is not "centered" on the square pillow.

New Notes:  For the first shirt in this series, the t-shirt design was not centered vertically.  That was because the design  was very close to the neckline.  On the second series of making the shirt, I  added a 2.5 inch strip to the top of the shirt, to allow for better centering of the shirt design.


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Recycled, Repurposed ... what have you done?

I was entering a giveaway, and was asked to tell about something that I recycled.

Well I talked about the two t-shirts that were my size (xl), that I had recycled into
two pj night shirts for my daughter of 3.

Then I got to thinking of something else..... Daughter likes Captain Feathersword, and wanted to be one for Halloween last year.

Well, I took my oldest daughter's Thanksgiving outfit (Amber is 23), and I cut the sleeves, folded them in, so I could take the sleeves and make them longer, if I needed to.

I then took one of my husbands ties for a "sash". Took one of my "Buffy" head thingies (look it up on the internet, it is interesting garment item), and used that as a cool pirate head scull cap.

Gave her Derek's (her older brother, 17) eye patch, from his old pirate costume, bought a blow up Pirates of the Caribean sword, and we were Pirates! ARrrrgh!!!

For my outfit, I took another "Buff" head gear for my skull cap, took my Red hair Fall from the Nutcracker (I danced as a party guest for Act I for three years), stuck it under there, used my Thailand "fisherman Pants (from Amber) along with my Riding boots (from when I was pregnant with Amber--when I was in London), a yoga hippy top, lots of dangly jewerly, and some odd vest I had hanging around. Along with a bit of Nutcracker makeup, and Arrrrgh! I was a pirate wench.

Okay, well this was a fun post!