Christmas pillow sewing instructions

Ok got your fabric and hook & loop stuff?

Here we go...........Number one is look at your fabric? Is it going one way, meaning is your pattern all going one way, look at my pic of the Santa pillow. Do you see they are all facing you. Look at your pattern and see the pointy end. That is the flap portion of the pillow. Can you flip down the pillow end piece? Do you see you print looking at you the way you want it to look?

Ok, lay out your pattern, and check out if you can get 2 pillows out of your fabric? Now, lay out your facing it can go anyway you can get it cut out of the fabric. (remember keep everything straight, don't want your pillows having a straight of the fabric moving the pillow)

After you cut the darn things out, you need to put on the loop portion of the hook & loop on the large part of the pillow. I mesured down 6 inches from the middle of the pillow inside (or the straight end of the pattern). Pin the loop to the front of the fabric. Zig-zag the loop onto the fabric (this the first half of the pillow closure.) Zig-zag the end of the pillow, the inside closure of the pillow, to get rid of the raggedy end so it looks finished (inside top of the pillow).

Ok sew up the insides of the pillow by pinning the ends sew just the 12 inches, i like to zig-zag the raw ends inside the pillow, turn the pillow, .

Now check out my picture above. Do you see my hoop portion on the pointy end of the pillow? You will need to add the other part of the hook&loop to your facing. Remember you are going to hot glue the pretty stuff to your pillow by turn up the pointy end of the pillow after we are though sewing this thing together. To make a long story short, put your hook down a tad from the pointy end. Remember you have a seam business plus hot glueing stuff, so I would attach the hoop about an inch below the pointy end.

Wow,have talked my head off, I guess I need to sew up a sliver pillow to make sure I haven't left out a step. Check for updates, since I am half way through this pillow, the rest is easy.