Tutorial: Giant book floor cushions

With these giant book floor cushions, you can literally snuggle up with a good book. Polly from Pieces by Polly designed them, and she shares a tutorial on her blog so you can make some too. I am loving these soooo much! You can make the covers with any title, using novelty print fabric to match the theme of your book. And how perfect are the titles and call numbers on the spines. The fabric covers really open, just like an actual book. Her tutorial is divided into two posts. In the first, she shows how to make the foam inserts. In the second, she shows how to make the covers – which are removable so they can be washed as needed. I’m sure your school library or local public library would love you forever if you made them some.

Click below for her tutorials:

Giant Quilted Book Cushion Tutorial – Lesson 1 of 2

Giant Quilted Book Cushion Tutorial – lesson 2 of 2

(both tutorials by Pieces of Polly)

[photo from Pieces of Polly]

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I’m always tempted by the pretty velvets at the fabric store. So much texture! And the way the fibers catch the light! But sewing on velvet is trickier than you’d think. That nap that lends beautiful texture also likes to slip and crawl. That nap can also spell disaster if you cut a piece the wrong direction. That isn’t to say you shouldn’t use buy that velvet and sew it into something gorgeous, you just need to go into your velvet sewing project prepared. And Melissa at Melly Sews has a post that takes you step by step through sewing on velvet.

Velvet is such a luscious fabric, especially for winter sewing projects. Of course there are velvet Christmas sewing projects – stockings, tree skirts, santa hats – but velvet is beautiful for all winter. Think of all the gorgeous velvet dresses, evening bags, hair accessories, even pillows and other home décor that you see all winter long.

Melly Sews’ post gives you the tips and tricks you need to know in order for your velvet sewing project to end up a success. There are types of projects better suited for velvets, and kinds of projects to avoid. She describes the different types of velvet available. And she also tells the best way to lay out and cut your pattern pieces from velvet fabric. Her tutorial also covers marking, pressing, and of course sewing that beautiful fabric. There’s also a video included in case that’s your preferred method for learning.

Head over to Melly Sews to learn how to sew on velvet fabric.

And if you want to learn more about that lovely blue velvet dress shown, she has a post that tells more about it including 2 ways to style it depending on if you want to be more dressy or more casual.

[photo credit: Melly Sews]

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