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Posted: Nov 26 2012 at 10:17am | IP Logged Quote Tami
I have a piece that I wove on a lap loom.

I am planning on making it into a pillow. It is not big enough to cover one side, so I was planning on sewing it onto the face of the pillow. I'm guessing that would be more stable than piecing it. The weave is 9x15, the pillow is 18x18.

Any suggestions on how to do this? I don't know if machine stitching will secure it enough. I found this yesterday: overcast stitching and was thinking it might be the way to go. Do I use regular sewing thread for to do this, or something else?

The fabric I purchased for the cover is a brushed suede. I don't know the composition of the yarn I used, but it is a boucle type.

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Posted: Nov 26 2012 at 1:55pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
I looked at your link, and I think the example is more for lining, as the poster was stressing the fact that knitting stretches and the fabric won't. Plus the example given has the knitted piece fit on the woven piece edges, so the same size.

It seems your woven piece won't be stretchy as a knit piece, either.

Your example sounds more like using your woven piece as an applique to the suede, so it's merely a decoration, right?

I would either machine sew or hand sew it to the pillow before sewing the pillow together. Machine sew would have a seam. Hand sewing could be a little more invisible.

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Posted: Nov 26 2012 at 2:18pm | IP Logged Quote cathhomeschool
I would think that it would be sturdier as an applique. Could you use a 'heat and bond' iron-on fabric between the woven piece and the pillow to keep it from moving?

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Posted: Nov 26 2012 at 2:25pm | IP Logged Quote Tami
The link was the closest I could find to attaching something woven/knitted to a standard piece of cloth.

And yes, my woven piece would be more like an applique - I intend to sew it right on top of the pillow cover. It will have block-like look, but without piecing the fabric around the weave. I think that risks stretching and I don't want to have that happen.

I don't know if machine sewing will work because it's a boucle type of yarn and not very tight. So if I hand sew, do you think I can use regular thread, or do I need to stitch with something else. If so, what?

Thanks, Jen.

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Posted: Nov 26 2012 at 2:26pm | IP Logged Quote Tami
Interesting, idea, Janette! I hadn't thought of that.

Do you know if it works well with something that has a lot of pile like this yarn does?



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Posted: Nov 26 2012 at 2:46pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
The Applique Bonding is a possible way to do this, but it would mean you could never remove it from the pillow.

If you have yarn left over from your looming project, I would try to use that, maybe two or three ply to hand stitch it down. You could incorporate it into the design, so it creates a contrast.

I might attempt to stitch it by hand all around the piece by [url=http://www.perestroika.ca/html2/vest/handstitching.php]overcast, blanket, or buttonhole stitch. I would also use regular thread to stitch invisibly through the piece in the middle at different places, so you won't have puckering.

Machine sewing I think would work, but I'm not sure. I might put a binding on top and stitch through all 3 layers.

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Posted: Nov 27 2012 at 5:04pm | IP Logged Quote cathhomeschool
Tami, I don't think that the bonding layer would be enough to create a tight hold since you are using yarn and even more so since it's layered because of the weave. I do think that it would be better than nothing, though. My thought was that it would help keep that bottom layer from shifting as much, which should keep the top layer from shifting as much. If you couple that with Jenn's suggestion to stitch strategic spots in the middle, I'd think it would hold up better. Of course, if the pillow is decorative only and the kids won't ever get near it (which at my house would mean it sat on a shelf), then it may not need strength and stitching around the border with leftover yarn would be enough.

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Posted: Nov 27 2012 at 5:34pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
this sounds rather like a blanet given to one of my children where a crocheted side was sewn to a woven fabric (non-stretchy) side.

And she did exactly what Jen suggested.. you sew the weaving to the fabric by hand and you do it like a tied quilt where you tack down the fabric every little bit. The looser the weave the more spaces you'll want tacked down. Is the edge finished so that it won't unravel? Then I would just handstitch around the outside egde as well probably with a whipstitch.. you can hide the thread with this stitch by going just slightly under the edge of the weaving. If the edge of the weaving could unravel.. then you need to somehow finish it before you attach it to the fabric.

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