Originally Posted by
tjradj
I've used bed pillows for forms before. Use the cheapies, as you will be "chopping" it up. Take the pillow by the short end and shove the stuffing all down into the other end. Once you have enough "clearance" run the empty part of the pillowcase through the sewing machine at the place where you want to cut it. Once you've sewn it across a couple of times, cut off the extra fabric. Redistribute the stuffing so it is even and presto !! Nice, thick, soft, cheap pillow form
Neat idea! I was just pricing pillow foams at Joann's and they were way to expensive.
I vote for quilting it first. If it was mine, I would quilt over every seam since it would be getting washed several times.
Beautiful bargello! May we see the whole quilt - pretty please?