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<p>[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 221227, member: 85"]It looks like it might be a pillow. Is it?</p><p><br /></p><p>If just a piece of folded fabric.</p><p>I would wash it in cool water with Ivory or whatever you use for hand washables. Line dry, iron from the back side.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a piece of cardboard like from the back of a legal pad. Cut to fit inside the box, leaving a little extra space for fabric. Glue a thin piece of pillow foam to the cardboard. Take a piece of velvet, satin, or whatever fabric you chose, cover over the pillow and fold to the back of the cardboard, gluing down the edges. You will have nicer corners if you cut darts at each corner, so there isn't any bulk at the fold over.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="clutteredcloset49, post: 221227, member: 85"]It looks like it might be a pillow. Is it? If just a piece of folded fabric. I would wash it in cool water with Ivory or whatever you use for hand washables. Line dry, iron from the back side. Take a piece of cardboard like from the back of a legal pad. Cut to fit inside the box, leaving a little extra space for fabric. Glue a thin piece of pillow foam to the cardboard. Take a piece of velvet, satin, or whatever fabric you chose, cover over the pillow and fold to the back of the cardboard, gluing down the edges. You will have nicer corners if you cut darts at each corner, so there isn't any bulk at the fold over.[/QUOTE]
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