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Nine Patch Quilted Pillow

Transform your favorite in-the-hoop quilt blocks into a stylish nine-patch pillow with this quilting tutorial! Steps demonstrate how to embroider each quilt block, then transform them into a cushion for your home.

Supplies


Project Needs & Notes:

- 18" x 18" pillow form
- 1/2 yard quilter's cotton (two colors of 1/4 yard each; for quilt block bottom fabric)
- 20" x 20" piece of quilter's cotton (for bottom layer of pillow front)
- 3/4 yard quilter's cotton (for back of pillow)
- Small pieces of quilter's cotton (for quilt block pieces)
- Sheer mesh cutaway stabilizer (we prefer Sulky Soft 'n' Sheer)
- Cotton batting
- Temporary spray adhesive
- Double sided fusible web (optional -- for adhering quilt block pieces)
- Cutting mat
- Quilting ruler
- Rotary cutter
- Curved safety pins
- Nylon monofilament thread

The designs featured in this tutorial include:
Y5066, Winding Ways Quilt Block (In-the-Hoop)
M15214, Quilting Accents - Small Flowers

Special Notes:
Be sure to wash and dry all fabric before starting to pre-shrink it.

Products Used


  • Small Flowers Accent (Sku: ESP55106-1)
  • Winding Ways Quilt Block (In-the-Hoop) (Sku: EAP73504-1)

Steps To Complete

When you download an in-the-hoop quilt block design you will see three files. One is the embroidery file, one is the dieline file (marked with the letters DL, and one is the printable planning sheet (marked with .PDF).

Print the planning sheet (the files ending in .PDF) and use colored pencils to plan your project.

Color color keys on the bottom of the page help for cutting the fabric pieces for each block. This pillow will use a total of nine blocks.

Dielines are used to cut the fabric to the right shape and size. Open the dieline files with embroidery software, and print them.

If you do not have embroidery software, Wilcom TrueSizer is a free program to use.

Cut around the dieline shapes leaving a bit of space around each piece.

Label the paper dielines with "top" and "bottom", as well as "left", and "right" to show their order on the quilt block.

This will keep the pieces in order and prevent them from being mixed up while embroidering.

Spray the backside of the paper with a bit of temporary spray adhesive and smooth it onto the fabric. Then, cut out the shapes but do not remove the paper.

For another option, add one piece of double sided fusible web to the fabric before cutting out the shapes.

Add the fabric to the fusible web and press it with an iron.

Follow the instructions on the fusible web packaging for best results.

Then, add the paper dielines on top, cut out the shapes, and remove the back of the fusible web (but do not remove the dieline paper).

Next, hoop a piece of fabric with one piece of sheer mesh cutaway stabilizer.

Sheer mesh cutaway stabilizer works great with in-the-hoop quilt blocks because it keeps the blocks nice and light.

Attach the hoop to the machine and load the design.

Move the hoop so that the needle is directly aligned with the center point on the fabric.

Embroider the design -- a dieline, or outline, will sew first.

After the dieline has sewn, remove the hoop from the machine, but do not unhoop the fabric.

Spray the backside of the fabric with adhesive, remove the paper, and place the fabric piece right inside the dieline shape.

If you are using fusible web, remove the paper and press the fabric in place (no need for adhesive).

Attach the hoop back onto the machine and match the top thread to the fabric piece color.

Continue embroidering the design. A tack down stitch will sew next, this binds the fabric piece to the bottom fabric.

The dieline for the next fabric piece will sew next.

After each dieline sews, remove the hoop from the machine (but do not unhoop the fabric)

Add the fabric piece, attach the hoop back onto the machine, and continue with the design.

Match the color of the top thread with each fabric piece as you sew.

After the fabric pieces have sewn, a cutting line will sew last.

This line will be used to cut the quilt block.

When the design has finished, unhoop the fabric.

Print a template of the full embroidery file at full size to place the next block.

Position the template on the fabric leaving about 1" of space between the edges of the design and the first block.

Mark the center point with an air-erase pen.