Hi everyone,

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is doing well :) We’ve been launching our Winter 2015 Collections this week, and today we launched our Gypsy Lane Collection by Jane Farnham. Click here for lots of pretty designs!

Time for our How To’s Day! Today we are sharing an amazing pillow tutorial from one of our exclusive designers, Nikki Maroon of The Girl Who Quilts. She created her Diamond Cut Pillow for our Free Projects Program, and we love it! It’s pretty simple in design, but creates a fantastic and geometric look that would go well with every type of interior, from shabby chic to more modern. The diamond “cut” allows for you to choose different fabric prints with a similar color scheme, so it looks different and unique. Such a great pillow tutorial to play around with!

We featured our example with our Coraline Collection, a fresh and girly collection of coral and navy. Want to make your own Diamond Cut Pillows? Click MORE for the full tutorial.

DIAMOND CUT PILLOW
Designed By: Nikki Maroon of The Girl Who Quilts
Featured Fabric: Coraline by Camelot Design Studio

OTHER TOOLS & SUPPLIES:
– 12” square pillow form- basic sewing supplies – sewing machine
– Needle & Coordinating Thread
– Iron & Pressing Surface
– Measuring Tape
– Fabric Shears & Rotary Cutter
– Straight Pins
– Fabric Marker

NOTES:
– Please wash, dry & iron your fabric before beginning, and trim your selvages.
- WOF = width of fabric.
– Unless otherwise indicated, sew all seams with an accurate 1/4″ seam allowance.
– Press each seam after you sew it, toward the darker fabric.

CUTTING:

MAKING THE PILLOW FRONT:

1. Sew a 1” x 6” Fabric E rectangle to the left-hand side of your 6” Fabric B & Fabric D squares.
2. Sew a 1” x 6” Fabric E rectangle to the right-hand side of your Fabric A & Fabric C squares.

3. Sew a 1” x 6-1/2” Fabric E rectangle to the top edges of your Fabric C & Fabric D units.
4. Sew a 1” 6-1/2” Fabric E rectangle to the bottom edges of your Fabric A & Fabric B units.

5. Draw a diagonal corner-to-corner line on the Wrong Side of each 4-1/2” Fabric E square.
6. Align (1) Fabric E square to the bordered corner of the Fabric D unit from Step 4 as shown, and sew along the drawn line. Trim excess fabric 1/4” from the seam and open it up.

7. Draw a diagonal corner-to-corner line on the Wrong Side of each 3” Fabric A-D square.
8. Align (1) Fabric C square to the bordered corner of the Fabric D unit as shown, and sew along the drawn line. Trim excess fabric 1/4” from the seam and open it up.
Repeat Steps 5-8 for each of the (3) remaining units from Step 4, referring to the illustration below. This completes the (4) Corner Blocks.

9. Sew the (2) upper Corner Blocks together and the (2) lower Corner Blocks together in pairs as shown, then sew the upper pair of Corner Blocks to the lower pair.
This completes the pillow front.

FINISHING THE PILLOW:

1. Turn & sew a 1/4” rolled hem along (1) 12-1/2” edge of each Backing rectangle.
2. Place the pillow front Right Side up on your work surface and line up the Backing panels with the edges of the pillow front, Right Sides together, with the Backing panels’ hemmed edges overlapping. Pin & sew around the entire perimeter, clip the corners & press the seam open.

3. Turn the pillow Right Side out through the gap between the overlapping Backing panels, poke out the corners, and insert the pillow form.

We hope you have enjoyed this week’s How To’s Day!! You can also find the free printout PDF on our website of our Diamond Cut Pillow. Thanks, Nikki, for a great pillow pattern! Have a fantastic day, everyone :)

 
Happy Sewing!