Applique Envelope Pillow

MATERIALS

Silhouette Cameo 4
Rotary Cutter
1/2 yd Solid Color Canvas Fabric
1/4 yd Print fabric of your choice
1/4 yd Medium Weight Interfacing
12 x16 Pillow Insert

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. For the front of your pillow, cut the printed fabric and your interfacing at 13” x 17”

2. For the back side of your pillow, cut the printed fabric at 9” x 17” and another at 7” x 17”

3. Go into your Silhouette Design Studio, type in your chosen word. Mine is ‘RELAX’.

   1. Font: Lucida Grande

   2. Size: 307.89 This equates to about 3.25 inches

   3. Style: BOLD

4. Before you cut, make sure that the rotary cute blade is installed. It makes cutting fabric in your machine such a breeze. Send it to your Silhouette and cut!

5. Cut your letters out of your fabric as well as your interfacing.
6. While that’s cutting, lets prep your fabric. Iron the interfacing to the front fabric (The front of your pillow. This is a SUPER important step! This helps when sewing your letters onto your pillow. It stabilizes your the fabric and it won’t tug or pull which can create unsightly ripples in your fabric, so don’t forget this step.
7. Align your letters along the center of your front fabric. Once they are in place, attach your interfacing to each letter and iron onto the front fabric.
8. Set your machine up on a zig-zag stitch. I set mine up at 5 width and 1 length. (Short and wide stitches) Zig zag stitch along the sides of the letters. Take your time and make sure the center of your foot aligns with the edge of your letter.

9. For the back pieces of your fabric, hem one side (top and bottom).
10. Attach the back pieces of your fabric to the front by pinning; right sides facing each other. Stitch all sides at 1/2 inch seam allowance.
11. That’s it! Flip your pillow cases right side out, slip your pillow inside and your done!