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=Steps to Completing my pillow =

**Materials** - 2 pieces of 100% cotton material to your chosen size - Your chosen tie-dye colour - Transfer sheet - Appliqué paper - Another piece of your chosen material

1. Wash your material in warm soapy water and then rinse.
 * Steps **

2. Tie both of the pieces of material in your chosen way and put it into the dye. (Be sure to follow instructions on die packet)

3. When your material is ready (read die packet to see how long to leave material for) rinse it under water and leave to dry.

4. While waiting for material to dry, using appliqué paper, trace your chosen appliqué design onto the smooth side of the paper. You then need to rough cut around the design.

5. Put your appliqué material (good side DOWN) onto an iron board with the appliqué paper on top (rough side DOWN). Once in place, iron until glue from appliqué paper has stuck the paper to the material.

6. Once cooled, cut the paper design (still attached to the material) and then peel paper off the material.

7. (Optional) Now you can use your transfer sheet and following the instructions, attach it onto your material, in your chosen position. TIP: when ironing transfer onto material, do not use an ironing board, iron on a flat surface (table or bench)

8. After tie-dye material is dry, it is a good idea to iron both pieces. Using your appliqué material (with glue still on it) iron material, glue side down, onto tie-dye material. After both pieces of material are attached, using a sewing machine or hand sewing, sew both pieces together.

9. On the back of one of your pieces of material, you need to draw a seam allowance (usually 1.5cm) around the perimeter of your material, leaving a gap at the bottom of it. Once you have completed this step, pin your pieces together, face to face.

10. Now you have to sew your two pieces of material together (the front and back pieces of the pillow). Using a sewing machine, sew along the line you drew for the seam allowance, remembering not to sew the hole left to stuff your pillow.

11. Once finished sewing, you need to turn your materials inside-out and stuff. TIP: when stuffing the corners, roll the stuffing up into little balls and push them into the corners, and for the rest of the pillow, pull apart the stuffing and stuff.

12. Now you need to hand sew your hole at the bottom of your pillow, following the correct technique.

13. (Optional) For your final step, you can create a swing tag and attach it to your pillow using a safety pin.