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Materials

26" (66 cm) square pillow form

78 yd of 42" (106.5 cm) wide linen or cot-

ton/linen blend for pillow front

78 yd of 42" (106.5 cm) wide cotton for the

pillow backs

38 yd of 42" (106.5 cm) wide coordinating

cotton for the ties

Fabric scraps (around 6" [15 cm] wide) for

leaf appliqus

1 package of 20 26" (51 66 cm)

Sulky Stiffy tear-away stabilizer

Fusible Web for appliqud leaves

Coordinating sewing thread for tree trunks

and leaf appliqus

Leaf templates in Appendix A

tools

Darning foot for your sewing machineMeasuring tape

French curve (optional)

Fabric marking pen

note: Seam allowances are " (1.3 cm)

unless otherwise indicated.

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Dont have a large pillow insert to make the oor pillow? Make a custom square pillowcover using the same technique! Heres a chart with the cut dimensions o your abric:

Pillow Size CuT 1 Pillow FronT CuT 2 Pillow BaCkS

12" (30.5 cm) square 13 13" (33 33 cm) 13 8" (33 20.5 cm)14" (35.5 cm) square 15 15" (38 38 cm) 15 9" (38 23 cm)

16" (40.5 cm) square 17 17" (43 43 cm) 17 10" (43 25.5 cm)

18" (45.5 cm) square 19 19" (48.5 48.5 cm) 19 11" (48.5 28 cm)

20" (51 cm) square 21 21" (53.5 53.5 cm) 21 12" (53.5 30.5 cm)

22" (56 cm) square 23 23" (58.5 58.5 cm) 23 13" (58.5 33 cm)

24" (61 cm) square 25 25" (63.5 63.5 cm) 25 14" (63.5 35.5 cm)

26" (66 cm) square 27 27" (68.5 68.5 cm) 27 15" (68.5 38 cm)

28" (71 cm) square 29 29" (73.5 73.5 cm) 29 16" (73.5 40.5 cm)

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about the author: A successul sew-ing pattern designer and an internation-ally certifed Montessori teacher, MegMcElwee is the author o the Sew Liber-ated crating blog. She writes tutorials on

sewing and other handmade projects andshares tidbits about her lie. She lives inNorth Carolina with her husband.

Inside readers will learn:

The history o appliqu and how it was rediscovered in thefber arts.

Appliqu and embroidery techniques incorporating bead-work, buttons, ribbons and other embellishments.

Patterns or 30 modern, stylish sewing projects or variousskill levels and time commitments, including aprons, skirts,

pillows, bags, totes, blouses, baby quilts, and scarves.Step-by-step instructions, color photographs, and compre-hensive how-to embroidery instructions.

Sew Liberated is an all-in-one resource and guide!

paperback with aps

8 10, 144 pages120 photographs, 160 illustrations

$24.95, ISBN 978-1-59668-161-3

December 2009

Sew Liberated is the frst how-to book o its kind to

resurrect the art o appliqu or todays generationo sewists looking to imbue their work with unique

creative style. Todays sewists will learn hand- and

machine-appliqu techniques or use outside the

traditional quilting context, plus how to create ab-

ric collages.

gbtd!

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