Granny Flower Pillow Tutorial - Granny Chic Fabric

Hello there and thanks for stopping by!

Last Monday was the end of our

 Granny's Garden Sew Along

But I still have a few things 

that I want to show you like this

 Granny Flower Pillow!

There are several projects that I 

want to do with my Granny Chic fabric

 and I still want to show you

 what I'm doing with the

 extra surprise template...

hopefully that will be next week

 because I ended up 

making this pillow first:)

You could make this pillow 

with any of these 

42 Granny Flower Blocks 

from the Granny's Garden Quilt...

But I chose to make mine using 

Granny Flower Block #1...

who knows which one I'll choose next

 because this one turned out 

just how I wanted it to

 and I would love to make even more:)

First step in making this pillow 

is to prepare your block for appliqué.

If you need a reminder of 

how I did this block

CLICK HERE

to watch the YouTube tutorial.

After I glue basted...

I hand appliquéd the flower 

to the background circle.

That is all the handwork that I did...

the rest is all by machine:)

For the body of the pillow 

I cut 16 - 4 1/2" squares

and sewed them together like this.

Then I cut a piece of batting

 and a piece of backing fabric 

(that will go inside the pillow 

not for the back of the actual pillow)

I cut them a few inches larger

than the pillow top and quilted it.

I used a walking foot and 

just straight quilted it...easy peasy.

After quilting ...

I glue basted the 

Granny Flower Circle 

in the center.

I thought it looked like it 

needed a little something 

and so when that happens...

I usually add my Vintage Trim!

I used my Sue Glue and glued my

 Large Vintage Trim 

around the edges of the circle...

Then I machine quilted the whole circle

 onto the center just inside 

the edge with matching thread.

I caught the other half of the 

Vintage Trim that was tucked underneath 

the circle while simply quilting 

around the edge of the circle 

and that's all I needed 

to sew the Vintage Trim down.

I also quilted around the flower and the leaves and all around the stem.

Then it was time to 

sew the back onto the pillow.

I simply sewed it with

 right sides together and

 turned right side out afterwards.

Here's a close up of how 

I ended the Vintage Trim.

If you are worried about fraying 

just add a little Fray Check on the end:)

I always sew an envelope back 

when I make my pillows...

because I like to switch them out often.

Of course you can make your back

 the way that you like best.

Now for the pillow form!

The pillow finishes at 16" so you could 

use that size of pillow form 

but I like to use one size up because

 I like my pillows plump and firm.

I used an 18" form for mine.

I hope you make one or two

Granny Flower Pillows too...

they are so sweet and would

 make the sweetest gift.

I just may have already 

made a few for giving!

Thanks for the visit and 

I'll chat with you again soon:)

xx

Lori