Klimaka Pillow

Finished pillow

      When I was at the Custom Workroom Conference (CWC) last fall, Jeanelle Dech from Adaptive Textiles was there.  At the end of the vendor day, she gave away the samples she had brought.  I took two that coordinated and then made a pillow out of them.

Getting started

     The samples were from her Klimaka Studios line.  As a workroom you have access to engineered designs.  For example if I wanted to make two 18" pillows with covered cord, I could choose the design, colorway and fabric substrate and I could get it all printed on one piece of fabric.  I would then just cut on the lines and sew it up.  Almost no fabric waste involved.

Serged pieces with dog ears removed

Going around the corner

      I cut the pieces for the front and back using my pillow template to prevent dog ears. I cut lining fabric the same and serged the pieces together.  When applying the trim to the front piece, I cut the stitches holding the loops together (on the inside edge) so I could get a smooth corner.

Back piece

     I placed a zipper in the back piece.  My go to standard is to place one about a half inch above the bottom seam.  For the most part when the pillow is on the furniture you can't see it even when the back is facing forward.

Back

Back corner detail

     After I sewed the front and back together, I then removed the chain stitch holding the loops together at the outer edge.  I fluffed it up and it filled in the corners nicely.

Pulling the chain stitch

Corner detail