PILLOW

I made a pillow for my best friend Sala. She is a Junior at East Palo Alto Academy and if you know her then you know that she tends to sleep during class. Whenever she’s asleep she doesn’t have any support for her head so this causes her to have some neck pain when she wakes up. I decided to make a pillow for her to use so she can have a good sleep with no issues.

• Needle
• Pins
• Fabric
• Scissors
• Thread
• Fluff
• Ruler (Optional)

I recommend you fold the fabric so it can be easier for you to already have 2 pieces after you cut it. You want to fold the fabric and you can even use a ruler if you want to measure the length and height of the pillow. Then you can use the marker to mark where you want to cut the fabric.

Then you want to take the scissors and cut the fabric. You want to cut along the lines you made so you can have the size of your pillows and start sewing. Since you folded the fabric then you already have two pieces of fabric that are equally the same length.

You take the needle and take your thread. You have to try and align your thread with the hole. The hole is small so you might have some trouble putting the thread through. Push the thread through all the way make sure the thread has equal length and cut the thread. Then you can tie the thread together and make a know so your thread won’t fall out the hole.

You want to make sure the fabric aligns so it can be easy for you to sew the fabrics together. Then you could add pins so the fabric won’t move so much as you sew. It makes it easier for you to sew and get the job done faster.

You can start sewing the fabrics together. While you sew you want the length to be the same and you want to make sure that you sew in a straight line. There’s two examples of what you don’t want and what you want. I personally did a running stich where you basically put the needle through the fabric from the back and front and just repeat the process. You make sure to leave some space in between each stich.

When you get to the edge of your pillow then you should cut the thread and tie the ends together. This allows the thread to stay the way it is and not come undone. You can also tie the thread if you don’t have enough thread to keep going.

Make sure you don’t sew the fabric all the way so you can add the fluff. Before you put the cluff in, you want to flip the fabric inside out so the design is showing out.

You should grab your fluff and put it inside the pillow, This allows your pillow to be nice and comfy. Make sure to fill it up to your liking.

After you put the fluff in the pillow, you can start closing the hole. Now your fluff won’t fall out. Sew all the way till there’s nothing else to sew and the pillow has no gaps. Don’t forget to tie the knot at the end.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4nhj8kMpAI
• https://www.wikihow.com/Thread-a-Needle-and-Tie-a-Knot