To celebrate the release of my latest pattern, I thought it might be neat to publish one of the projects here on the blog. Not only is it a fun freebie, It's also a great way for you all to see a little bit of what my pattern is like.
Let's get started:
What you'll need:
•Three
16
inch pieces of fabric, one of which is white for the pillow front
•16
inch pillow form
•A
black fabric marker (or permanent marker)
•Fabric
scraps of lightweight fabric for applique, interfacing, plus felt
scraps for the clothes backs
•Velcro
fastener for attaching clothes to clothesline
•Thread
for sewing machine
Print out the templates located at the bottom of this post and assemble them according to the diagram below.
If you don’t have a light box, a window will
work well to hang up your template.
Using a straight edge as needed, trace the pattern onto your 16 inch by
16 inch piece of white fabric using a black fabric pen.
Read
the directions on your pen as for how to make your image permanent. In my case, all I had to do was iron my
image.
Next,
cut our the roof, heart, clothes, and bush from a lightweight fabric. Cut out an identical sized piece from fusible
interfacing (Pellon Wonder Under works well). Follow the directions for using fusible
interfacing to attach your fabric pieces to your house base.
After
you have ironed on your pieces with fusible interfacing, you’ll need to stitch
around the edges to secure in place. You can either use a sewing
machine to stitch a normal running stitch around the edge of the adhered cotton
fabric, or you can do a satin zig zag
stitch.
In
order to make the pillow, you’re going to need three 16 inch
x 16 inch squares of fabric to cover your 16 inch pillow
form. Now you might be wondering why you
don’t add a little bit around the edges since the pillow is itself 16
inches. This is actually because it
looks better for the pillowcase to be tight.
Alright, let's focus on the back of pillow and back of pillow pocket for second:
Once
you’ve finished the back of pillow pocket and back of pillow edge
(as described above), it’s time to sew your pillow
together.
Place
the
front of
your
pillow (right
side down) on top of the back of pillow pocket, and back of pillow (both face
up)
Alright! You’re almost done! Now it’s time to turn the pillowcase right
side out and put your pillow form in!
It’s also where you might sweat a little bit, when you’ve realized that
you’ve sewn all four sides of your front.
Don’t worry though! Since you
didn’t incorporate the bottom of the pillow back into the seam, you’ll be able
to lift it up to squeeze in the pillow form.
Once
you’re done stuffing in your pillow, just straighten out the pillow back (by
inserting your hand into the back pocket.) Now
you have a nice place to store your dolls, and it’s easy to take the cover off
if you need to clean it!
Finished! You can tuck your sweet dolls inside:
That nap sounds good! I think after this pattern and tutorial I'm going to go have a nice sleep! Happy sewing everyone!
Templates: (Print each at full size at 100% size on an 8.5 x 11 inch paper).
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