Sewing Throw Pillow Covers Like a High End Custom Drapery Workroom

 When I mentioned in my last post that I would be making some throw pillows this month, several people commented that they were looking forward to seeing how I do it.  There are plenty of great tutorials on the internet from professional drapery workrooms with tips and tricks for creating beautiful pillows, and I'm not sure the world really needs one more.  This is not going to be a full-on tutorial, more of a Reminders-for-Future-Rebecca post because I haven't sewn throw pillows in probably 12 years and I had to refer back to OLD bog posts to remember how to shift my brain from Quilt Sewing Mode back to Drapery Workroom Mode.

13 x 22 Pillows with Invisible Zippers and Decorative Rope Cord Trim

As with most sewing projects, it will take longer to explain how to do this in words and pictures than it does to make the pillows from start to finish.  Especially if you are a quilter used to spending months or years on a project, this will feel like a really quick and satisfying sew.  Let's get started!

Scrappy Celebrations Quilt Done and Donated; New Pillow Project Commencing

So the "Scrappy Celebrations" quilt that I began making in February of 2024 in the midst of moving to Florida has now been finished and donated to Project Linus Metrolina Chapter.  It ended up measuring 50 3/4" x 59.25" after quilting, binding, and laundering.

51 x 59 Scrappy Celebrations Quilt

It's not bad now that it's finished.  Even those blocks with the too-stark solid turquoise fabric don't bother me anymore as the feather quilting really helped to soften them and blend them into the other blocks and fabrics.  I'm very pleased with the feather quilting design and, although most of the fabrics in this quilt came from new precut packs rather than true scraps, I did manage to incorporate some Deep Stash fabrics here and there, and the batting, backing, and binding were all scraps and leftovers.

Loving the Quilted Texture From This Heavier Cotton Batting

I did the machine binding exactly the same way as I did it for the last quilt, except that I used Elmer's School Glue at the ironing board to secure the binding to the front of the quilt before the last run of stitching.