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Rose and Notes Pillow Embroidery Project

By Ramona Baird on April 21, 2015

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate

TIME REQUIRED

05:30

Description

Begin by using a decorative pillow cover, adding musical notes ribbon and embroidering the beautiful “Rose & Bow” embroidery design to create a stunning pillow.

Project Preview Video

Materials

18” silver-colored decorative pillow cover

Roll of fusible web

7/8” wide Musical Notes ribbon trim

Sewing thread to match the ribbon background and pillow cover color

Tearaway stabilizer

Embroidery thread as listed in color charted

18” pillow form

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/Balboa-Threadworks/1/BT2675

Final Product: What You Will Create

Preface:

A purchased pillow cover forms the basis for this project. The pillow stitching is removed so the pillow cover can be opened to lay flat. Musical notes ribbon trim (purchased at Hobby Lobby) was fused 2” apart and then the embroidery design was stitched. The pillow seams were re-sewn, the pillow inserted, and a stunning pillow was created to enjoy or give as a gift.

Step 1:

Gather the supplies needed and read through the instructions. Print the embroidery design. For this project, the design was enlarged 25% at the machine before stitching - this is an optional step. Be sure any resizing is checked to be sure it will fit within the hoop area and test-stitched for accuracy before stitching on the final project.

Step 2:

Turn the pillow cover inside out and remove the stitching on three sides. On this particular cover, there is a zipper opening at the bottom; this was left intact. Press the fabric well.

Step 3:

Work on the right side of the cover that will be the pillow front. For the project, a quilting ruler was laid at the 2” mark along the zipper. A layer of fusible web was placed against the ruler and the length of ribbon placed over the fusible web.

Step 4:

Carefully press the ribbon in place. Move the iron up and down to lightly fuse the ribbon to the pillow top then remove the ruler and fuse the ribbon in place securely. Lay the 2” mark along the top of the ribbon that was just fused.

Step 5:

Repeat the process of placing fusible web and ribbon and fusing in place. Repeat until all the rows of ribbon are fused in place.

Step 6:

At the sewing machine, each row of ribbon in place along both edges. Using the paper template of the embroidery design, determine the desired placement of the design over the rows of ribbon; pin the paper template in place.

Step 7:

Hoop the fabric with two layers of tearaway stabilizer. Align the needle to the center of the design template. At this point the design was enlarged 25% (this is an optional step. Be sure to check and make sure the design will fit within the limits of the hoop.)

Step 8:

Embroider the design and remove the excess stabilizer. Press the fabrics.

Step 9:

With right sides together, pin the pillow cover together around the three sides and sew along the original stitching line.

Step 10:

Turn the cover right side out and insert the pillow.

Step 11:

Congratulations on creating a stunning Rose and Notes pillow.

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Meet the Author: Ramona Baird

Ramona Baird has been in the embroidery industry for over 23 years. She and her husband owned a commercial and retail embroidery store in Arizona for many years. She is an experienced digitizer having been mentored by award-winners Pat Williams and Lindee Goodall. Ramona is a contributor to “Creative Machine Embroidery” magazine having 5 covers to her credit. Ramona has worked for Wilcom America and served many years as Education Director for the American Sewing Guild. With a degree in fashion design, she is able to design and execute patterns which Pat Williams says are “out of the box” in creativity and application. Ramona likes to challenge the boundaries of embroidery and bring new and exciting designs, ideas, and projects to EmbroideryDesigns.com. She wants embroiderers of all levels to increase their skills and enjoyment in using their embroidery machine for gift-making and personal pleasure.