Anchor Pillow

Hello Steemit community,  I wanted to share with you an anchor pillow that I made out of an old curtain.  I purchased the curtain at a yard sale.  The pillow was easy to make.  

Suppies

1. scissors
2. curtain 
3. sewing machine ( if you don't know how to sew, use the liquid stitch)
4. pins
5. measuring stick
6. pillow form
7. ribbon about 2 yards
8. felt material for an anchor
9. a pattern of an anchor the size you want.  I used a small sized anchor.
10. Needle and thread 

Directions

• Take the curtain and lay it on the table.
• Measure the size you need.  
• The size of your pillow form you will add 1 inch to each side of all 4 sides of the pillow. 
•  Take the curtain and fold it in half and lay it on the table
•  You will be using the top part of the curtain.  
• Line up the grommet rings
• Make sure you have equal amount of grommet rings.  ( I used 3 on front and 3 on back) 
• Trace with a pencil where you need to cut.  ( add 1 inch to each side to your size of your pillow form).
•   After you have traced and measured, pin the material together before you cut the curtain. 
•   Cut the curtain where you traced the line.
•   Place the curtain material inside out, and sew the bottom edge and side edges at a 1/4 inch seam; if you do not have a sewing machine then you can use the liquid stitch.
• Leaving the top with the grommet rings open.
• Turn the pillow right side out. 
• Add the pillow form to the pillow
• Add the ribbon to the pillow

I used felt material to make my anchor.   You can find patterns on the internet to trace out your anchor. I placed the anchor on the pillow where I wanted it to be, and then sewed the edging of the anchor onto the pillow. 

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