Fun Window Seat with Pillows by Ida Lauren Designs

The covers for this beautiful window seat were sewn by Lauren of Ida Lauren Designs.  Cushion Works made the cushion and pillow forms that are inside of the covers.

Construction Notes:  

The pillow covers have a strong graphic pattern and were cut straight to allow for Lauren's great pattern matching at the seams.  

The seat cushion's thickness was sized to fit snugly underneath the window trims.  We used a firm foam core with a polyester wrap on top and bottom which makes the cushion reversible.

Toss Pillows - Three Different Seams

A toss pillow can be cut and sewn a couple of different ways.

A Knife Edge (left) is just two pieces of fabric that are sewn together.  

A Boxed pillow (center) has a band of fabric sewn between the front and back panels which allows for more fullness.  

A pillow with Cut-Outs (right) is similar in fullness to the boxed pillow, but still has a single seam around the perimeter like a Knife Edge pillow.  The third dimension is achieved by the perpendicular cut-outs at each corner.

Left - Boxed Pillow
Right - Cut-Out Pillow

Knife Edge Pillows - Crown Allowance vs Straight Cut

Before you order your pillow forms, check your cover or with your sewing workroom to see if you covers are cut with a Crown Allowance or are Straight Cut. We make our pillows to order and can accommodate either approach.  Unless we are told otherwise, all of our pillows are cut with a crown allowance (or bow).

Crown Allowance: When a pillow is cut this way is filled, the sides tend to be straighter. 

Straight Cut: When a pillow is cut this way the sides pull in when filled and
the corners become sharper, what we call "dog ears".