Holiday Garland Pillow Tutorial; Maureen Cracknell Handmade

Maureen has made these darling and festive pillows for the holidays.  Use your favorite colors and shapes and then place them on your chairs, bed and sofa to add a little holiday charm.  Maureen inspires:  “Today’s tutorial is for a simple festive Christmas-y pillow cover — A Holiday Garland Pillow. This pillow was completely inspired by my love for garland. Using multicolored cuts of wool blend felt with scalloped edges and colorful ric-rac to connect them, I created this pillow thinking it’ll be the perfect decoration to welcome another year of handmade goodness”!

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Tutorial: Christmas tree pillow softie

Fleece Fun shares a free pattern for this cute Christmas tree pillow softie.  You can make it out of just about any type of fabric – fleece, felt, woven cotton, etc.  Get the pattern and tutorial.

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Freebie: Sweet Shop pillow pattern

Julianna from Sewing under Rainbow shares how she made this precious patchwork-inspired pillow on her blog. Called Sweet Shop, she created the roof using shapes from the Drunkard’s Path quilt block. Go HERE to get the know-how.

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Tutorial: Flannel pillow cover with tuxedo detail

Sew4Home shares a tutorial for making a set of pillowcases with unique tuxed0-style detailing at the side panel.  The pillow covers are made from a flannel fabric for a soft place to lay your head, but get a formal twist with a pleated inset made to look like the front of a tuxedo shirt.  Get the tute.

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Tutorial: Hawaiian quilted pillow cover

Learn how to make this pretty Hawaiian quilted pillow cover over at Martha Stewart. A small project like this is ideal for beginning quilters, so much less threatening than a full size bed quilt. Go to tutorial.

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