Hi everyone,

Happy Tuesday! Hope you all are having a lovely day. And today is IHOP’s annual National Pancake Day! So if you’re able to head on over to an IHOPs, be sure to get your pancakes on. Deliciousness in the tummy, and for an amazing cause! It’s also the last day to enter our May Arts Ribbon x Wildflowers Collection Giveaway.

It’s time for this week’s How To’s Day! Today we are sharing a tutorial for a modern and striking pillow, our Color Block Pillow by Marion of Made By Marion. The color block design is very clean looking; three colors can be chosen to create a coordinating look, so you can have fun mixing and matching! And, the tassel details are just too fun – they add that extra bit of flair and uniqueness. This gorgeous Color Block Pillow is perfect as a colorful accent piece to any room. Scatter a couple of our Color Block Pillows onto a daybed, in different color combinations, and you’ll have yourself a vibrant place for reading (or napping!).

Are you as obsessed with our Color Block Pillow as we are? It’s a beauty. Click MORE to see the full tutorial. Have fun creating!! :)

COLOR BLOCK PILLOW TUTORIAL
Tutorial By: Made by Marion

TOOLS & SUPPLIES:
– Fabric A – top polygon: 1/2 yard of MIXOLOGY quilting cotton (44” wide) from Camelot Fabrics in 2144-0034
– Fabric B – bottom polygon: 1/2 yard of MIXOLOGY quilting cotton in 2144-0043
– Fabric C – circle: 1/3 yard of MIXOLOGY quilting cotton in 2144-0028
- Fabric D – backing: 1/2 yard of Fresh Solids quilting cotton in 214-0028
– 1/2 yard of fusible cotton interfacing (22” wide)
- (4) tassels
- 18” square pillow form
- Paper printer
– 24” straight edge ruler
– Basic sewing supplies:
– Sewing machine
– Iron & pressing surface
– Scissors & fabric shears
– Measuring tape
– Pencil/fabric marker
– Straight pins
– Coordinating thread

NOTES:
– Please wash, dry & iron your fabric before beginning, and trim selvages.
– Unless otherwise directed, sew all seams with a 1/2” seam allowance.
- WOF = width of fabric.
- RST = right sides together.

CUTTING
1. Print the Color Block Pillow Template PDF at 100% size. Measure the test square on page 1 to make sure the scale is correct.
2. Trim the borders from each page and tape the template pages together according to the numbered triangles.
3. Trace the Polygon template (1) time onto the Wrong Side of Fabrics A & B, paying attention to the direction of the grain line. Cut out these pieces.
4. Trace the Circle template (1) time onto the Wrong Side of Fabric C and cut it out.
5. Cut (2) 19” x 15” rectangles from your Backing fabric.

ASSEMBLY
1. Fold & press a 1/4” hem along (1) long edge of each Backing piece, Wrong Sides together. Repeat this step to make a 1/4” rolled hem; topstitch the hem, 1/8” from the folded edge.
2. Place the Circle Wrong Side up on your ironing board, and cover it with the fusing, glue side down. Press well to bond the layers, and trim the excess fusing.
3. Fold & press a 1/4” hem all around the Circle’s edge, Wrong Sides facing.
4. Fold the Circle in half and press lightly, making a crease through it center. Rotate the piece 90º and press again.

5. Sew the Polygons together along their slanted edges and press the seam open.
6. Fold & press the resulting square along its (2) central axes, as you did with the Circle.

7. Place the Circle on the square pillow front, with the Wrong Side of the Circle against the Right Side of the square and the central creases aligned. Pin & topstich the layers together with a 1/8” seam allowance from the Circle’s folded edge.

8. Press the pillow front to remove the central creases.

TASSELS

1. Sew each tassel to a corner of the pillow front’s Right Side by its loop, as shown, with the tassel pointing toward the pillow’s center.

2. Place your (2) backing rectangles on the pillow front, RST, so that the backing pieces’ rolled hems are overlapping at the center of the pillow. Pin in place.
3. Sew the pillow backing to the pillow front around all (4) sides, backstitching at the beginning & end of the seam, and at the (4) points where the seam passes over one of the rolled hems. Make sure the tassels are out of the way of the seam.

4. Clip your corners, being careful not to cut through the loops of the tassels, and press your seams open.
5. Turn the pillow cover Right Side out through the gap between the Backing panels. Poke out the corners, press the edges lightly and fit it over your pillow form.

We hope you have enjoyed this week’s tutorial! You can find lots more (tutorials and other yummy things!) from Marion on her blog, Made By Marion. If you decide to give this tutorial a try, we’d love to see. You can send all your pictures to info@camelotfabrics.com. Have an awesome day!

Happy Sewing!