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Well, I put my nose to the grindstone and made made my pillows over the weekend. ![]() And the upholsterers came and took away the two Queen Ann's chair for recovering and refurbishing. They are 20 years old and need new springs and new foam. I am so looking forward to when they come back. They will be better than they were when new. So, let me show you how I made these pillows. I started with the one in the middle. I only bought a half yard of this fabric. I knew I wanted a rectangular pillow. When I started to make it, I looked at the pattern on the fabric and let that determine the size the pillow would be. I made is as large as possible while still keeping the diamonds and dots centered. The measurement ended up being 18 1/2" x 12 1/8". Good thing I am making my own pillow forms with muslin and loose stuffing. That is most definitely NOT a standard size. I added 1" in each direction for a 1/2" seam allowance all around and cut 2 pieces of muslin and 2 pieces of my pillow fabric 19 1/2" x 13 1/8". Then other two pillows will be a little more work, because they have fringe in the seams and the two pillows need to look the same. Read last Thursday's blog for the explanation of how I decided on the size for these two pillows.
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