Decorate any chair, couch or bed for Valentine’s Day with Jennifer Davey’s Scattered Hearts Pillow. This is a quick and easy project to make for that special someone just in time to celebrate the day of love.
Janome Supplies Required
- Janome or Elna sewing machine
- 1/3 yard of burlap
- Cut (2) 20″ x 20″
- Janome or Elna sewing machine
- 1/4 yard of 3 or 4 red cotton fabric prints
- Buttons
- All-purpose thread for assembly
- 12 wt. thread (to contrast cotton prints)
- SprayNBond® Basting Adhesive
- Fiber Fil
- Scissors
- Needle thread
Instructions
- Baste the burlap pieces to the matching batting pieces with SprayNBond Basting Adhesive. In the same manner, apply cotton print fabrics to the batting.
- Cut varied heart sizes from cotton print fabrics. Pin in place on the burlap piece.
- Thread the sewing machine with 12 wt. thread and lengthen the stitch length to 3.0.
- Stitch around the heart shape twice inside the raw edge of fabric. Repeat with all hearts.
- Sew the buttons in place on the pillow front with the hand needle and thread.
- Thread the sewing machine with All Purpose thread and set the stitch length at 2.5.
- With the right sides together, match the edges of the pillow and pin. Sew along the four sides of the pillow with a 5/8″ seam allowance. Leave a 6″ opening at the bottom.
- Trim the excess fabric from the corners and turn them right side out. Fill the pillow to the desired fullness with Fiber Fil. Hand sew the opening closed.