Wedge Pillow
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This is a pattern for a wedge pillow

Materials
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For the pillow:

* fabric such as an old sheet;
* fabric waste: cabbage, old clothing, etc;
* sewing thread.

Pattern
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Get the valentina pattern: :download:`wedge_pillow.val`.

You then need to set the following increments:

``length``
   the length of the base of the pillow;
``width``
   the width of the pillow;
``height``
   the height of the highest side of the pillow;
``casing_ease``
   how bigger than the pillow the casing should be, on all directions: 1
   cm should be plenty;
``sewing_allowance``
   1 cm will do, the casing will have a double sewing allowance to make
   it easy to finish it.

A pillow that is 60 cm × 60 cm seems pretty typical, with heights
ranging from 15 cm to 30 cm. A smaller 30 cm × 30 cm pillow (with
heights on the lower part of the range) is also nice.

Instructions
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When cutting the triangles note that the two sides can't be nested to
form a rectangle, because one of them needs to be flipped; the triangles
for two pillows can however be efficiently cut by nesting the two left
triangles and the two right triangles into two different rectangles.

Of course, if the fabric has no right or wrong side this is not going to
be a problem, and for the inner pillow you can also have a side that
shows the wrong side on the outside, since it's going to be covered
by the casing anyway.

Pillows
^^^^^^^

By hand
"""""""

Cut two of the triangular pieces and one big rectangle for the body, as
wide as you want the pillow to be and as long as the sum of the sides of
the triangles.

Fold all edges of the fabric towards the wrong side by 1 cm, press.

Starting from the right angle, wrong sides together, whipstitch the body
around the edges of one side, folding it around the points of the
triangle.

Wrong sides together, whipstitch the other side of the body to the other
side triangle.

Optionally whipstitch close the beginning and the end of the remaining
seam, leaving at least 20 cm open for filling.

Continue with the instructions for :ref:`wedge_pillows_pillow_both`.

By Machine
""""""""""

Cut two of the triangular sides, and then separate rectangles for the
back, base and top.

Right sides together, sew the base, back and top to one of the
triangular sides, starting and ending the seam at the precise corner
rather than in the sewing allowance.

Right sides together, sew the other side of the base, back and top to
the other triangular side, making sure not to twist them.

Right sides together, sew the base to the top and then the back to the
top, closing two corners of the pillow.

If the pillow is wide, also sew the beginning and end of the back to the
base, leaving at least 20 cm open for filling.

Continue with the instructions for :ref:`wedge_pillows_pillow_both`.

.. wedge_pillows_pillow_both::

Both methods
""""""""""""

Cut the fabric scraps in as small pieces as you can bother: stripes that
are at most 2 cm in height will do in most mid and lightweight fabric,
thicker fabric will require smaller pieces.

Fill the pillow with scraps, pressing them down as tight as you can
manage.

Whipstitch the seam close by hand.