These pillows are the perfect holiday accent for any chair couch bed or bench. Using this quick easy-to-stitch pattern from Patty Young and Emalee Grambo of MODKID your home will be in the holiday spirit in no time! Download pattern and printable instructions
Materials:
- Baby Lock Bridging Plate Set (BLDY-FP)
- 1 Jelly roll of Christmas print fabric
- 1 Yard of white print fabric for back of pillow
- Baby Lock Cut-Away Ultra Soft Stabilizer
- Madeira® Matt embroidery thread
- ¼” Wide Wonder Tape
- Fiber fill for stuffing
Tools:
- Baby Lock Destiny II Sewing and Embroidery Machine
Steps:
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To create the first pillow select the jelly roll lengths that you would like to use for the pillow.
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Cut the jelly rolls lengths in half to create two sections from each of the lengths. Follow the next set of steps to set up the machine.
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Set up the machine for sewing.
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Place the open toe foot on the machine.
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Wind the bobbin with the same color thread that will be used for the top and thread the machine.
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Place the bobbin in the bobbin case and replace the standard bobbin cover with the 5mm bobbin cover from the Bridging Plate Set.
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Select the sewing category.
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Select Stitch #2-12.
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Change the width to 7.00mm.
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And the length to 3.5.
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Place a row of wonder tape along the edge on back side of the first two jelly roll pieces. Fold over the taped edge to the backside of the fabric and press.
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Remove the paper from the tape and re-press to hold in place.
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Follow the next set of steps to sew the sections together:
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Place one of the turned over edge on the right side of the plate and the other on the left side.
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Place the folded edges of the two fabrics on each side of the raised portion on the cover plate and start to sew.
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Continue to guide the fabric so that the folded edges glide along each side of raised portion while going at a slow even pace.
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Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to add additional strips to the top of the section until you have a section that is tall enough to cut out the tree shape. We pieced 7 sections together.
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To finish the pillow follow the next set of directions:
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Cut out three pieces for the pillow; one from the pieced section one from the pillow backing print fabric and one from the Baby Lock Cut-Away Ultra Soft Stabilizer.
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Fuse the interfacing to the backside of the pieced section.
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Remove the Bridging Plate and replace with the original cover plate.
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Sew around the edges using a straight stitch and with right sides together sew the sections together leaving a 3” opening for turning.
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Clip the corners and curves.
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Stuff the pillow with the fiber fill and slipstitch the opening closed.
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To create the second pillow follow the next set of steps:
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Using the pattern cut out two sections from the backing fabric and one from the Baby Lock Cut-Away Ultra Soft Stabilizer.
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Fuse the stabilizer to one of the sections.
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Select four jelly roll sections.
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With right sides together fold them lengthwise in half and sew to create a tube.
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Turn them right sides out and press.
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Determine the placement of the strips on the fused pillow section or refer to the image for placement and pin in place.
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Set up the machine for sewing and select an applique stitch.
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Adjust the Width to 4.25.
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Adjust the Length to 4.00.
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Applique the strips to the front section of the pillow along both edges.
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Trim off any excess strips from the pillow.
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Set up the machine with a straight stitch.
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With right sides together sew the back to the front section while leaving a 3” opening for turning.
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Clip corners and curves.
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Turn right side out.
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Stuff the pillow with the fiber fill and slipstitch the opening closed.
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