DIY basic lapdesk

Step 4 Empty pilow

Going back to the fabric, you have to fold and crease it to look like the final pillow.

First plan on cutting the outer most perimeter that you drew on step 2. Before you do that though, plan on leaving some extra on the side of each edge ~1 in so you don't have to be precise.

****This additional fabric we will used to staple the pillow to the core. If you cut it to the exact measurements from step 2 your pillow will be too shallow. ****

So just leave some extra to each side.


Then fold it to look like a box. This is somewhat difficult at first but if use an iron to crease the length and width of the "pillow" you will see that it sort of comes together. This can be a lot like wrapping a box in wrapping paper, but there is no box, so you are just trying to fold the paper (fabric in this case) in the shape.

To get the corners to stay together I folded then sewed the edge of where the long and short sides meet. Look at the pictures. The final picture is what it should look like if you did everything right.