Pillow talk: Fun and functional sewing kit projects

What's New, Mar/Apr 1999

WHAT DO YOUR PILLOWS SAY ABOUT YOU? Are they solid colored and squared, located in couch corners, used primarily when watching television? Are they flat and rectangular, confined to the bedroom, where they await your nightly slumber? Or do your pillows take on a particular shape, indicating your personal interests, hobbies or activities? No matter what the pillows you currently own convey, it's never too late to add to your collection.

Pillow sewing kits render an array of shapes, sizes, fabrics, designs and skill levels for the creator. Guide students in a craft that is fashionable and functionalhave them sew a pillow. What's New Magazine kick-starts your scholastic projects with the summation of sewing kit pillow offerings.

HAAN CRAFTS' offers a huge variety of pillow kits to get students excited about sewing. Plush Fur Pillows include twenty licensed pillows, a diagonal pillow and quilted pillows with two colors of fur. Other popular designs include Applique Pillows featuring sports, a sports car or a phone. Woven Pillows include applique pillows shaped like a computer, piano, car, pizza, animal or tic-tactoe and checkers pillows with game pieces. A large variety of imprinted pillows features school mascots and class years.

LAMA has a charming assortment of colorful fabrics, such as frogs, cows and sunflowers, to put some fun into pillow projects. Another great project is the Muslin Pillow that students can decorate with transfers and fabric markers. Select from lovebirds, seashells or a southwestern theme. For a quick project, Lama has NFL Pillows with pre-printed names and logos and Smiley Face Pillows. Try a different style by sewing a Travel Pillow, which supports the neck in otherwise uncomfortable seats.

PINEAPPLE APPEAL, INC. wants to "make sewing a stitch!" with flannel Patch Pillows and Dart Pillows. Students of all ages will enjoy these easy projects that take little time to complete. With added features like flannel patchwork and repressed designs on fabric, pillows attain a unique look. The Patch Pillow Kit contains time-honored patterns of blackwatch, navy sport and green. The Dart Pillows feature five different designs: cruisin' (2 vintage cars), basketball, frogs, puppies and wolves.

SEW KITS BY LIDA has introduced Traffic Pillows. Stop Sign or One Way Sign appear in bright print-on-black fabric backgrounds. Kit Critters Animal Pillows come with felt attachments for detail and iron-on faces. Black and White Pillows allow students to use fabric paints for color. Easier projects include Neon Sports Pillows, with designs silk-screened on the fabric, so all students have to do is sew the pillow.

STANWOOD makes use of several designs in pillow sewing kits that are sure to brighten any sewer's day. The luck of the Irish is encouraged with the Shamrock Pillow sewing kit, in a deep Irish green color. Sewers borrow from nature with the two-colored Maple Leaf Pillow sewing kit, which is fun to create and provides a colorful touch.

TO SEW provides pillow kits in all varieties, from sports to food, holiday to fun animals. Skateboard and Surfboard designs come with footprints on their topsides. Octopus, Walrus, Pizza and Banana Split kits reveal favorite animals and foods. Patterns such as Robot, Guitar or Clown indicate special interests. To Sew always has new patterns. King Crab, Bookworm, or Broken Leg are colorful and sure to bring a smile.

Sewing pillows encourages skill and creativity and accommodates everybody's interests. Surfboard or cat shaped pillows may show a young person's hobbies and decorating interests. But the making of an actual pillow reveals the individual's crafty and innovative side, which definitely speaks for itself.

POPULAR SEWING

KIT COMPANIES

HAAN CRAFTS

506 E. Second St.

P.O. Box 268

Otterbein, IN 47970-0268

800/422-6548

Fax: 800/552-9205

www.haan.com LAMA 17530 Federick St. P,O, Box 681 Mt. Airy, MD 21771 800/876-8870

PINEAPPLE APPEAL, INC.

2879 West Highway 14

P.O. Box 197

Owatonna, MN 55060

800/321-3041

www.pineappleappeal.com

SEW KITS BY LIDA

Highway 450, South

P.O. Box 500

Harleton, TX 75651

800/882-5487

Fax: 903/777-2067

STANWOOD

2040 Ellesmere Rd., Unit 16

P.O. Box 465

Batavia, NY 14021-0465

800/782-6966

Fax: 800/848-6296

www.stanwoodkits.com

TO SEW

8957 Independence Ave.

P.O. Box 974

Malibu, CA 90265

800/824-5278

Fax: 818/700-8410