Thursday, January 15, 2009

The Birthday Pillow




Pillow Pattern



Gracie's cousin Allison made her a blanket and matching pillow for her birthday. The pillow is such a hit and several folks wanted to know how to make the pillow. Here are instructions to make one yourself.

What you need:

(These amounts should yield two pillows. For the first pillow, use one fabric as fabric A and for the second pillow use the second fabric as fabric A.)

Fabric A - 1/2 yard of fleece fabric

Fabric B - 1/2 yard of fleece fabric

Cut from Fabric A:

one patch 16 inches by 29 inches

two patches 9 inches by 16 inches

Cut from Fabric B:

three patches 9 inches by 16 inches

Place cuts about every inch that are two inches deep on all patches. This will form the tags that get tied together to form the pillow.

Assembly:

Tie the small patches together - alternating B-A-B-A-B patches. This will form the top patch.

Tie the assembled top patch to the large, remaining patch. Leave a section untied.

Stuff the pillow with quilt batting or polyfill. (Leftover quilt batting pieces are great for this.)

Tie the remaining open section.

Happy Pillow Making.

Thank you Allison

1 comment:

  1. What a thoughtful idea! . . .Gracie's Birthday pillow is really neato and very pretty! I am sure that the pillow and throw give Grace great comfort! What a special gift!

    Hey, Gracie . . .thinking of you, honey!

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