Flower Pedal Pillow Tutorial

Remember my envelope pillow tutorial Here
Well here is what I did to the front of the white one

I am even going to show you my inspiration for it
and how to make one yourself with step by step instructions
I am just getting into sewing so if I can do this
so can you!

Here we go!!!

I am redoing my bedroom and have also changed my colors

so I have been looking for inspiration and thinking up pillow designs

While I was looking at this DownEast shirt

(Which just happens to be my moms)

I thought to myself 

what the heck I am going to take that idea and make it into a pillow 

Here is what you will need:
-Card stock (just a small scrap piece big enough for your flower)
-fabric pencil, or marker that will show up on fabric
-pillow form
-enough fabric to make your envelope pillow cover (your choice of color)

-and 1 yard to 1 and 1/2 yards of fabric (your choice of color) for the pedals
-fabric scissors
-pins
-sewing machine
-thread to match your pillow fabric
-thread to match your pedal fabric
-tulle  (enough for the height of your pillow form)

Here is what I did:

First I found a 6 pedal flower design on my Silhouette software 

size: 3.5 x 3 inches

and set it to cut on card stock

You DO NOT need a cutting machine for this 

you can find a flower image on your computer or internet print it out and cut it by hand

Get a fabric pencil, marker, or photo pencil to trace your flower onto your fabric

These pencils or a marker are best to show up onto the fabric

Trace your flowers onto the cotton fabric color you want your pedals to be 

I traced 110 flowers which was about 1 yard
(this was for a rectangle 14 X 20 pillow)

tracing the flowers in rows close together

Then I cut them out with my fabric scissors 

This is the most time consuming step but the rest is pretty quick

I just cut them out while I was watching my shows 

Yeah I love the new Fall season!

So many fun shows on

You are going to be sewing your pedals onto tulle

size: height of pillow form inch X 5 3/4 inch

(15 inches was the fabric height of my pillow I was doing 

so my tulle was 15 X 5 3/4 inch

Now it is time to get those pedals onto the tulle

You are going to fold the flower in half so three pedals are showing 

like the picture above

Then fold it in half again 

so it looks like this

Folding it two ways will give it the dimension and fluffy look I am going for

you are going to sew your pedals on row by row 

with five pedals creating each row

First fold and pin five pedals onto the tulle

Then creating a continuous stitch 

(show in the picture above)

sew the five pedals onto the tulle 

making sure to just sew the corners of the pedals

so the rest can fluff up

don't forget to back-stitch at the beginning and end of each row

with your next row you want the stitches to be about an inch apart 

with the pedals overlapping a little bit

and make sure to stagger them a little bit filling in all the holes

continue to fold, pin and stitch with five in each row

until you have covered the tulle 

(the length of your pillow)

so it looks like the picture above

once all your pedals are sewn on and you like the coverage

it is time to sew the tulle onto the fabric piece that will be the front of your pillow

Pin your pedals back and sew the top of your tulle onto the fabric

Then get your pedal piece straight and pin back the pedals on the bottom of the tulle

and sew the bottom of the tulle onto the fabric 

Now the top and bottom of you tulle is secured onto the fabric 

 next you will find the middle and pin back all the pedals

then sew the middle of the tulle onto the fabric

then the back will look a little something like this

which is a little more secure but I really want it on there so I  did 

more stitches pinning pedals away and stitching

about every 1 1/2 inches

so the back looked a little something like this

Now that is secure!

And the front should look like this!

Now you have the front of you pillow done

So this is when you can make the decision of what type of pillow you want

I decided I wanted to do an envelope pillow cover

Click HERE to see my full tutorial of how

to sew an envelope pillow

After cutting, and making the seams for the back pieces of the 

pillow I pinned it all together

and sewed around the whole thing

Turned it right side out 

and my pillow cover looked a little something like this!!!

Next I found this travel size pillow

at Walmart for $3 compared to pillow forms $7 

Yay I love cheaper

and it was the exact size I was looking for

Slide your pillow form into your envelope

and it will look all fluffy, comfy, luscious and full

also making your pedals look fluffy and gorgeous  

Isn't it so elegant looking?

Her new home will be front and center on my brown bedspread!

Now get on it and make one for yourself 

I hope I have given you the tools and the confidence you need

to make your very own

You will be so proud when you are done!!!

I give mine a little snuggle every night :)

If you have any questions at all remember you can always email me

or leave a comment I will answer them all

This pillow is linked up here 

and here

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