1st Sewing Project- Pillows

Throw Pillows

Ok so honestly I attempted to make some coffee mug cosies and that was a HUGE flop because I don't know how to sew in curves yet.  So today I took out my material again and decided to practice sewing in lines. I made two throw pillows and I am quite happy with how they came out.  Here is what I did:

Must have materials:
A cutting mat
Ruler
Rotary cutter

Then obvious things like material, thread and stuffing for the pillows.

For the pink and green pillow I used eight 4 in x 4 in squares of pink fabric and eight 4 in x 4 in squares of green fabric. One 14 in x14 in piece of black fabric for the back (if you make this I would double check that measurement.)

To sew the patches together put a pink and green square together with the "right sides" of the fabric together and sew one side. Do this with one more set of pink and green squares. Now match the two pieces together by matching the right sides together again and sew on one side.  This will give you a square of squares.  Make four squares of squares to create the front.  Cut the black fabric out and place the patches and black fabric with right sides together.  Sew all the way around and leave a 3 to 4 in opening. Turn right side out and then stuff.  I did a horrible job of sewing up the stuffing opening but you know this was my first project.

For the black and white pillow I have two 7 in x 7in print squares, two 7 in x7 in black squares and one 13.5 in x 13.5 in of black.  Sew together like the first pillow!

Ok these were not the best directions but since I made this up and don't know all of the terminology it is the best I can do!