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Fiesta Olé! Turn your next party into a fiesta! From "Creative Juice" episode DCRJ-701

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Rag Rug Party Pillows

Every party will have a fiesta mood with throw pillows that are perfect for making your guests feel at home.

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Rag Rug Party Pillows

Materials:

rag rug (at least 2 times the size of the pillow)
measuring tape
standard bed pillow
low-tack tape
sewing machine
heavy-duty machine needle and thread
scissors
bent-nose upholstery needle
embroidery floss

1. Measure the pillow. Apply tape to the rug to create two sections 2" wider and 2" longer than the pillow dimensions, measuring from the outside of the tape. The tape will keep the rug from raveling (figure A).

2. Cut the panels, leaving a margin outside the tape for raveling to occur (figure B).

3. Secure the rug fibers by zigzag stitching approximately 1" from the inside edge of the tape along the long edges of each panel. Use a wide stitch to catch different rows in the rug (figure C).

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

4. Lay the panels on top of one another and match up the tape lines (figure D). Using embroidery floss and an upholstery needle, hand-stitch the pillow on three sides, between the zigzag stitch and the tape line. Insert the needle through the weft of the rug for easier sewing (figure E).

5. Insert the pillow through the fourth side of the fabric and hand-sew the fabric closed.

6. Remove the tape and begin removing the rows of weft to create fringe along the edges of the pillow; the rag rows will ravel only as far as the stitch lines (figure F).

Figure D

Figure E

Figure F

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