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Rosemaling Birds Pillow Set
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

Rosemaling Birds Pillow Set Embroidery Project

By   Ramona Baird   on   March 03, 2020
  • SKILL LEVELIntermediate
  • TIME REQUIRED06:30
Description

Sweet birds in Rosemaling style provide a beautiful design to create decorative pillows.

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Materials

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Materials
  • Because there are three sizes of these birds and everyone has different hoop sizes for their machine, general details for materials are given. You will have to measure and adjust for the size pillow you are doing. The list given is for doing two pillows stitched with the largest size of each design.
  • ½ yard white Kona Cotton
  • Embroidery thread colors as stated in design and to coordinate with fabrics
  • Poly mesh stabilizer-2 layers for each hooping
  • Green dot fabric- 8- strips 2.5” x 16” for borders and 2- 14” x 14” for pillow backs
  • Pink mottled fabric- 12- 6” x 6” for prairie points and 2” bias cut strips for piping to equal 4 yards.
  • 1 package white piping
  • White sewing thread
  • Polyester fiber fil to stuff pillows
  • Hand sewing needle

    • Designs used in this project
    Final Product: What You Will Create
    Preface:
    The designs used in this project come in three sizes—the largest size was used for each pillow. Be sure you order the design size for the hoop size for your machine. Materials given are for doing pillows for the largest design; adjust the materials to fit the pillow size you will be doing. General instructions are given—so that you can adjust them for the pillow sizes you will be doing.

    Step 1:
    Read through the instructions thoroughly before beginning and assemble all the materials needed to complete the project. Cut, press and hoop one layer of white Kona cotton with two layers of poly mesh stabilizer (the stabilizer is going to be left in the project). Stitch the design following the color sequence with the thread colors you have chosen. Stitch the second design like the first.

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    Step 2:
    Trim the fabric and stabilizer to the size needed, centering the embroidered design. These were cut 9.5” x 9.5” using the largest design size.

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    Step 3:
    Cut and press the green strips. There are four for each pillow. Begin by placing one strip on the left and right side of the embroidered pillow front, right side down.

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    Step 4:
    Stitch the strip to the pillow front using a ¼” seam allowance. Trim the strips even with the pillow top. Using the remaining strips, stitch one strip to the top and one to the bottom of the pillow top, using a ¼” seam allowance. Trim the ends even as shown.

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    Step 5:
    The pillow tops are now bordered and look like this. Next will be to make the prairie points and attach them.

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    Step 6:
    Press the pink fabric squares with spray starch. Fold one square in half.

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    Step 7:
    Fold in half again to quarter fold and lightly crease. Open up the last fold and take the ends and bring them to the lightly creased fold, and press. Repeat these steps for the remaining squares.

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    Step 8:
    Place three prairie points on each side of the pillow front as shown. Place the first one with the lower point touching the seam line. Place the second prairie point with the lower edge touching the middle fold of the previous prairie point, and the third overlapping the second, with the lower edge touching the middle of the second. Baste the prairie points in place at the border cut edge.

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    Step 9:
    This is how the pillow front should look.

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    Step 10:
    The prairie points will flip out when the backing is added and the pillow turned. To prevent this, stitch down the center of each prairie point.

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    Step 11:
    Now prepare the piping to go around each pillow. To do this, cut bias strips and piece them together. Press the piping and then sandwich the piping inside the strip and baste a seam to enclose the piping; trim the pink fabric even with the piping fabric. If you have one, you may wish to use the piping foot for the next step.

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    Step 12:
    Beginning within one of the borders, baste the piping around the outer edge of the pillow front. At the corners, clip the piping.

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    Step 13:
    As the corner is turned, take two stitches, and then sew down the next long side. Repeat for the remaining sides. When arriving at the beginning, overlap the piping edges and stitch.

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    Step 14:
    Cut two pillow backs from the green dot fabric. Place the pillow back over the pillow front, right sides together. Stitch the front to the back using a piping or zipper foot so this stitching is very close to the piping cord, leaving an opening at the bottom for turning.

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    Step 15:
    Stuff each pillow lightly with the poly fil, stuffing into the corners first, the outside edges next, and then the center. Hand sew the opening closed. 

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    Step 16:
    Congratulations on creating two beautiful Rosemaling Bird pillows, complete with piping and prairie points. 

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    Meet the Author: Ramona Baird
    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.
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