Supplies needed for two standard shams (24" by 18"):

• 1 yard of a solid decorator fabric - 54" to 60" wide

• 1 yard of coordinating striped decorator fabric - 54" to 60" wide

• 2 3/4 yards of flat trim

• 4 3/4 yards of welting or piping trim.

Embroidery Designs from Embroidery Library:

• Log Cabin Quilt Block

• 4-block Log Cabin Quilt Block

Sew out each design "on point" and then cut out a 25" by 10" rectangle with the designs in the center. 

From the coordinating striped fabric, cut out 2 rectangles that are 25" by 5 1/2".

Stitch the striped rectangles to the embroidered piece as shown, using a 1/2" seam allowance.

Stitch the flat trim to the joined sham front along the seam lines.

Baste the welting to the outer edges of the sham front using a zipper foot. Where the welting meets, bring the ends of the welting into the seam allowances, while keeping the line of welting as continuous as possible.

Cut out 2 rectangles from the striped fabric that are 15" wide by 18" tall. Hem one 18" side of each rectangle.

Place the sham front on your work surface with the right side up. Place the rectangles over the front with right sides down, and the hemmed edges to the center of the sham. The hemmed edges should overlap several inches.

Keeping the rectangles in place, use a zipper foot to stitch the rectangles to the front of the sham. Keep the stitching as close as you can to the welting. Stitch all the way around the outer perimeter of the sham. Finish the seam allowances.

Turn the sham right side out through the back slit that is formed by the overlapping rectangles. Now you are ready to insert a standard sized bed pillow into the sham. It will be beautiful on your bed.