Round pillows are most often used for decorative purposes. They are laid in rows on a sofa or laid under a back on a chair, made for a children's room so that the child does not sit on the bare floor during the game. How to sew a round pillow? There are a lot of cut options. The simplest pillows consist of two identical circles sewn together. However, if you try, you can easily make a more effective decorative pillow with a button in the center, which has smooth ironed folds or loose assemblies on the entire surface. Recently, a fashion for patchwork-style products has appeared, although this is an ancient art of composing a canvas from individual pieces of fabric.
In the article, we will consider how to sew a round pillow with your own hands, how to cut different options for such products. You will learn how usually masters fill its interior, how to make circles from individual patchwork patches. The article is filled with many photographs that will help novice needlewomen quickly understand the principle of manufacturing round pillows.
Simple cut
First, let's figure out how to sew a round pillow from two identical circles. This is the easiest option for tailoring the product, so even a novice master will cope with this cut. The pattern is best done on thick paper, using a simple device from two simple pencils and a rope. Consider the size of the pillow and, using a flexible meter, measure the desired length of thin twine.
Tie one side of it to the pencil, then count half the diameter of the future circle, and fix the remainder on the second pencil. Putting the device in the center point of the paper of whatman paper, pull the rope all the way and draw a circle with a second pencil. Homemade compasses are used by all seamstresses. This is convenient, because an ordinary metal can not draw such a large circle.
The photo above shows how to sew a round pillow step by step. Transfer the pattern to the fabric. It is best to choose a print option from two or one side. On the inside, sew almost the entire circumference, leaving a small hole for the filler. It can be sintepuh or holofiber. The workpiece is first turned on the front part, then the inside is filled with the selected material and the hole is finally sutured.
Button option
The pillow can be left in this form, but you can sew buttons in the center on one side and the other. Clearly determine the center point will help a paper pattern folded into 4 parts. Put a point on the marker and repeat the procedure on the back of the pillow. Buttons can be different - with two, four holes or with eyelets on the back. Pierce the center point through and through the needle and thread and make a couple of stitches to pull the pieces together. Then sew buttons on both sides and tie the end of the thread with a strong knot, hiding it under the button.
How to sew round pillows on a sofa
Pillows look beautifully, the fabric of which is collected in the same folds. The fabric will need a lot, about 2.5 m in length and 50 cm in width. Then, using a lot of pins, fix the folds on the entire surface at a distance of 5 cm from each other in two rows in the center and along the edges of the rectangle. Scheduled stitch on a sewing machine.
Connect the short sides. The result is a “pipe”. With a strong nylon thread needle, sew along the edge of the stitches and pull the fabric together. Get a "bag", which is filled with syntepuh. Repeat the same procedure on the reverse side. It remains to connect the central holes with large decorative buttons.
Now you know how to sew a round pillow with a button in the center. It is advisable to take fabric for tailoring thin and elastic, otherwise the folds will look rough.
Three piece pillow
For the next version of the round pillow, you will need to carve out two identical circles, the diameter of which is determined independently, because the size of the product can be very different. To calculate the desired length of the central strip, you will have to remember the school course in mathematics, namely, the formula for calculating the circumference in diameter. It is necessary to multiply the length of the diameter by the number pi, that is 3.14. So, if you have d = 40 cm, then C = 40 cm x 3.14 = 125.6 cm. You can round the length of the strip of fabric to 125 cm.
But we got the circumference of the cut circles. If the side strip is even, then it is enough to measure the resulting length by adding a couple of centimeters to the hem of the fabric. How to sew a round pillow with pleats on the side? You will have to double the size of the strip or sew two pieces of fabric together.
First, the processing of the edges of the lower and upper circles. Then, manually sew the strip on both sides with a needle and thread and tighten the thread to make wrinkles. It remains to stitch the strip on a sewing machine from two sides to the prepared circles. After filling with syntepuh, sew the last side hole. Beautiful decorative pillow is ready!
Patchwork Pillow
If, when sewing pillows in the manner described above, the side is left flat, without folds, this shape of the product is called a tablet. Next, we will consider how to sew a round pillow with your own hands according to a pattern using the patchwork technique.
How to calculate the length of the side strip, you already understand. Do not forget to leave 1 cm on each side at the seams. The bottom of the pillow can be cut out from a single piece of fabric, designing in the patchwork style only the outer part of the pillow. For sewing the main circle, prepare several different pieces of cotton fabric. It is desirable that the color look harmoniously together.
How to do cutting
Using the pattern below, make a cardboard template. Having put it on the selected segments, circle the contours with a chalk or other marker. When cutting from all sides, leave 1 cm per hem. The sectors obtained are stitched in pairs.
Flatten the edges on the back and iron immediately. To make the joints between the patchwork part of the pillow and sidewall look more spectacular, you can insert a border of contrasting color when grinding.
As you can see, it’s not difficult to sew round decorative pillows. Even a novice master will cope. The main thing is to act carefully and adhere to the instructions given in the article. Have a good start!