Sew Luxury Fabrics: Pillows

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Ramp up your sewing skills and confidently work with luxury fabrics. Stitch four custom pillows with elegant flanges, perfect piping, smocked velvet and more!

Selecting Materials

Meet sewing instructor and design expert Linda Lee as she welcomes you to the class with a thorough overview of dazzling luxury fabrics. You’ll learn about dupioni, jacquard, velvet, taffeta and more! Linda also demonstrates pillow fill and insert options for various pillow shapes and sizes.

Basic Satin Pillow

Dive into a basic satin pillow project with Linda’s expert help to guide you. You’ll learn the best practices for cutting your fabric, Linda’s techniques for creating perfect tapered corners, and special considerations for working with satin.

Flanged Sheer Pillow

Add movement and pizzazz to ordinary pillows with a sheer flanged pillow project. You’ll learn how to select organza for your project before constructing your own pattern pieces, hemming and sewing the cover and enclosing the pillow. The result is a gorgeous flange with crisp corners!

Basic Velvet Pillow

Cast your fears of velvet aside as Linda walks you through a basic velvet pillow project. You’ll learn how to identify and align the nap of your fabric pieces, emboss velvet using your favorite designs, and use techniques that prevent your fabric from shifting while you work. Linda also shares troubleshooting tips for steaming, sewing and finishing your project!

Reverse Smocked Velvet Pillow

Improve your velvet skills even more as you create a reverse smocked pillow. Using Linda’s clear, simple techniques, you’ll divide, mark and sew your velvet into a gorgeous textured pattern that highlights the voluminous qualities of the fabric.

Tufted Silk Pillow: Drafting, Piping & Buttons

Prepare custom-made details for a beautiful tufted pillow project. Linda walks you through the steps for covering buttons, creating colorful piping and cutting perfectly round cushion pieces from silk.

Tufted Silk Pillow: Construction

Construct the pillow you started in the previous lesson, and learn the best ways to create a chic, seamless piping border using professional clipping and sewing techniques. Linda demonstrates the best ways to work with challenging curved pieces and attaches the buttons using an easy technique that might surprise you. You’ll finish the class with a final pillow project that’s guaranteed to delight your friends and family alike.