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   Becky-book | Sep 25, 2006 05:09pm | #1

   Well....... easy is a relative word!  If they won't fit under the presser foot, anything you do will be 'by hand'.

   I have used pairs of buttons, one in top and one behind to hold the fabric to the innards of a pillow.  You could use contrasting buttons, or fabric covered buttons on top and smaller plain buttons underneath.

   Hope this helps,

   Becky

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   clairezbo | Sep 25, 2006 06:16pm | #2

   And this is what I ended up doing. I got a long needle, and some button hold thread, and did them by hand. I found a great article in one of my singer sewing machine books on how to do them with the two buttons, but I didn't like any of the (thousand) buttons I had. Not only do I collect fabric, but I also collect buttons, and none of them ever seem just right for the project. LOL. So I ended up with a just plain stitch that looks like the orginal way they were made.

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   MaryAnn | Sep 25, 2006 06:31pm | #3

   I recently resized some of those cushions and discovered, the tufting was done on a machine BEFORE the pillows were stuffed.

   Once they are stuffed it would be extremely difficult to get that thickness under a home sewing machine presser foot.

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   clairezbo | Sep 25, 2006 11:00pm | #4

   well, i have often wondered, just how the heck did they every get those under a presser foot, and now I know. I decided to do them by hand, and they came out just fine. Thank so much for information