NEW! Posey Pillow Sewing Tutorial

NEW! Sew A Posey Pillow™ and create a pretty porch accessory for spring. Make a colorful 3-dimensional floral pillow with our easy sewing tutorial and free applique printable, below!

Our NEW! Posey Pillow™ WoolFelt® Fabric Bundle, curated by the Stitch it! Sisters®, includes eight 12″ x 18″ WoolFelt® pieces, and is available today at ShopNZP.com!

NEW! Posey Pillow™ Sewing Tutorial

by the Stitch it! Sisters

Approx. finished size: 18″ Square.

Posey Pillow™ Supplies Listing

• NEW! Posey Pillow™ WoolFelt® Fabric Bundle
• Team NZP’s FREE! Downloadable Posey Pillow™ Applique Patterns PDF
• 18″ Square Throw Pillow Form Insert
• Open Toe Sewing Machine Presser Foot
• Schmetz Denim Needle Sz. 90
• Metrosene Plus Sewing Thread
• Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge
• Clover’s Wonder Clips
• Clover’s Flower Head Straight Pins
• Clover’s Double Sided Basting Tape or June Tailor’s Fabric Glue Stick
• Clover’s Bordeaux Scissors Set for Applique 
• June Tailor’s EZE-View Pressing Cloth
• 5/8 yds. Pellon’s Easy Knit Interfacing 
• Frixion Marking Pen
• 45 mm Rotary Cutter, Cutting Mat, and Rotary Cutting Ruler
• 45 mm Rotary Cutting Pinking Blade
• Iron

• Cut four 10″ x 18″ Rectangles WoolFelt® Fabric in assorted blues and green, for pillow front and back.
• Cut our 10″ x 18″ Rectangles Pellon Easy-Knit Interfacing.

• Using June Tailor’s EZE-View Pressing Cloth, press Easy-Knit Interfacing to wrong side of WoolFelt Rectangles. 

Team NZP’s FREE! Downloadable Posey Pillow™ Applique Patterns PDF

• Cut out petal applique pattern.
• Trace FIVE flower petals onto wrong side of dark pink WoolFelt.

• Trace FIVE flower petals onto wrong side of light pink WoolFelt.

• Cut out leaf applique pattern.
• Trace two flower leaves onto wrong side of dark green WoolFelt.

• Cut out flower center applique pattern.
• Trace one flower center onto wrong side of yellow WoolFelt.

• Using 45 mm Rotary Cutter and Pinking Blade, cut out flower center.

Create Pillow Front

• Place one lime 10″ x 18″ WoolFelt® Fabric Rectangle over one aqua 10″ x 18″ WoolFelt® Fabric Rectangle, overlapping 2″ at center.
• Using Clover’s Double Sided Basting Tape or June Tailor’s Fabric Glue Stick, glue-baste or tape-baste rectangels at center overlap.

Create Pillow Back

• Place one light blue 10″ x 18″ WoolFelt® Fabric Rectangle over one dark teal 10″ x 18″ WoolFelt® Fabric Rectangle, overlapping 2″ at center.
• Using Clover’s Double Sided Basting Tape or June Tailor’s Fabric Glue Stick, glue-baste or tape-baste rectangels at center overlap.

• Insert a new Schmetz Denim Needle Sz. 90 into sewing machine.

• Set machine for a 3.0 mm Straight Stitch.

• Attached Open Toe Sewing Machine Presser Foot to machine, and topstitch pillow front along center WoolFelt Fabric edge.

• Topstitch pillow back along center WoolFelt Fabric edge.

• Flip pillow front over, and topstitch pillow front along center edge WoolFelt Fabric edge.
• Repeat steps above and topstitch pillow back along center WoolFelt Fabric edge.

• Set pillow back aside.

• Place dark green leaves at opposite corners on right side of pillow front–at 1-1/4″ inside cut edges.
• Tape-baste or glue-baste leaves to pillow.

• Stitch leaves to pillow front, at center of each leaf.

• Position dark pink flower petals on right side of pillow front–overlapping as shown–about 2-1/4″ inside cut edges.
• Tape-baste or glue-baste petals to pillow.

• Stitch petal centers to center pillow front–stitching in a circular shape as shown.

• Position light pink flower petals on right side of pillow front–overlapping as shown–about 2-1/4″ inside pillow cut edges.
• Tape-baste or glue-baste petals to pillow assembly.

• Lift lower left petal, and tuck yellow flower center into center of flower as shown. Do not tape or glue-baste.

• Remove lower left petal and set aside.

• Topstitch light pink petals–where petals overlap, and stitching through upper right yellow flower center–as shown.

• Continue topstitching light pink petals–where petals overlap.
• When approaching yellow center top, stop stitching with needle in the down position.

• Fold yellow center over to the right, and continue stitching light pink flowers where petals overlap–as shown.

• With yellow center folder over to the right, replace lower left light pink petal over folded yellow center.
• Tape-baste or glue baste petal to pillow front.

• Continue stitching light pink flowers where petals overlap–as shown.

• Place pillow front to pillow back, with wrong sides together.
• Using Clover’s Wonder Clips, clip along pillow top and sides.
• Do not clip along lower pillow edge.

• Edgestitch pillow front to pillow back, along pillow top and sides only.

• At pillow corners, stop with needle in the down position, and pivot around corners.
• Backstitch at beginning and ending of seam–leaving lower edge open.

• Optional: Slide pillow case over chair back for a beautiful posey chair cover decoration!

• To complete Posey Pillow, insert pillow form into pillow–through lower seam opening.

• Pin seam closed with Clover’s Flower Head Straight Pins and stitch seam closed, removing pins while stitching.

Our Posey Pillow is complete! 

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