just in time to create a stitchy valentine, here is a tutorial that incorporates reverse applique and quilt-as-you-go techniques to make your perfect heart pillow.
materials required:
1/2 yard main pillow fabric
fabric scraps
17″ square of fleece or batting
freezer paper
sewing machine and notions
front of pillow: main fabric
1. cut pillow fabric into three pieces: one 17″ square for the front, and two rectangles measuring 12×17″ (for an envelope-style back).
2. mark a 17″ square on piece of freezer paper. draw heart, making sure to stay within boundaries of seam allowances, and cut out.
3. place freezer paper shiny side down on wrong side of pillow front and iron. (the freezer paper will adhere to the fabric until you peel it off.)
4. cut out heart shape from pillow front, leaving a 1/2″ seam allowance around cut-out in freezer paper. clip seam allowance.
5. fold back seam allowance along freezer paper cut line and press well to hold crease.
6. peel off freezer paper and press again.
front of pillow: quilt-as-you-go patchwork
7. use freezer paper to trace heart shape on to piece of batting or fleece. (make sure to trace with shiny side up so that the image isn’t backwards.)
8. place first scrap right side up and quilt with straight lines.
9. place second scrap right side down, aligned with raw edge of scrap one. stitch with a 1/4″ seam allowance.
10. press and quilt second scrap.
11. repeat with additional scraps until entire heart shape is covered.
pillow front: reverse applique
12. place the front main pillow fabric on top of patchwork and pin.
13. topstitch main pillow front close to the heart outline.
finish with an envelope back, and your pillow is complete!
fabrics used: Luxe in Bloom by Sarah Watson for Art Gallery Fabrics, Floressence by Art Gallery Fabrics, Oval Elements by Art Gallery Fabrics, Bloomsbury Gardens by Liberty Lifestyle, Out to Sea by Sarah Jane Studios for Michael Miller Fabrics.
wishing you a happy valentine’s day!
xo, rachael
Oh…I love this, thanks for showing.
Great pillow! I love this technique and will definitely be making some these!
I can’t wait to do this, the directions look like something that I can actually do. It is so different and the technique can be used on may things. Thank you so much for showing this to us.
ohh can’t wait to have a go at this
This is so neat! Hope to get started this week on this. Just realized I’d better get started since Valentine’s day is almost here.
Is there a heart template for this lovely pillow? I’d like to make it for this Valentine’s Day. Thanks so much.
I never thought to use freezer paper like that.
Pillow tutorial is great; so easy to follow believe I can make one
of these. Could be on sweatshirt or back of shirt. Almost anything.
Thanks so much for sharing.
What a great idea for a Valentine cushion. Is there a template for the heart as I would love to make one for Valentine’s Day.
How cute! I have a sweatshirt waiting for the right applique, and I believe I’ve found it now. Thanks for sharing~
What an excellent use for freezer paper–I’ve always used wax paper in a similar way but freezer paper is a much better weight. What a fun tutorial–esp. for the beginner. THANKS for sharing!!
Very good idea, thanks for sharing it. Love the pillow. I can make this. It looks pretty easy, actually. The hardest part is getting it all cut out and figured out.
Thank you.Have not done this before, but certainly will try it now. I can think of a dozen different things to make using the technique.
yes, thanks for sharing! Love this! I cant wait to make one!
I love this. Great to tutorial, my make it look very easy to make. I gotta try the technique.
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