My dear daughter-in- law asked me to make some throw pillows and I said yes. Another case of jumping in without looking, for me. When she gave me the dimension of the pillows she wanted, I figured out yardage and told her she needed 8 yards. That's when the penny dropped. The fabric costs $85.00 a yard. I was a bit, no, a lot speechless. I committed my self to this project so I have to carry through.She has agreed to smaller pillows. Thank heavens. She originally wanted 26 squares. She had already ordered 4 yards of fabric. Now she's agreed to 20's. So she'll have enough for me to work with. I have to get some matching thread today, cut out enough fabric for one pillow and see if I can iron on some interfacing to the backs. Actually I'll try to put some interfacing on a small piece first. I'm not sure if will hold. The fabric has an embroidered design that is rather thick on the back as well as the front. I also want to make some cording for the edges. So that means some self bias as well. This will be a slow,very carefully done, project. I wouldn't want to have to replace the fabric if I made a mistake. I'm sitting here laughing at myself because I decided that from now on I will make simpler thing for myself so that I don't have to worry about matching fabric on things and end up running out of fabric. That's what happened with my summer top project. Ran out of fabric and couldn't buy more for the sleeves because there's none available. Yes, there is matching for the pillows but at least the repeat is only 5 inches. Juno
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10 years ago