Welcome to Christmas in July! A fun Series to get us all inspired for my favorite holiday!
It is never too early to start planning for Christmas!
Today we have Anne from Creative Southern Home
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I am so excited to be visiting today.
I love to come and visit FIREFLIES AND JELLYBEANS to see what great ideas are being featured, so what fun it is to be able to share a Christmas project with you today.
I have fallen in love with all the throw pillows that have huge flowers sewn on them. They are so flirty and fun. So I decided to make one with a Christmas theme.

Today I am going to teach you how I made a Poinsettia Pillow cover. By making just a cover for a throw pillow you already own you save money by not having to by a new pillow form, and you save space because you don't have to store a big pillow that you only use for a few weeks a year.
You will need:
Today I am going to teach you how I made a Poinsettia Pillow cover. By making just a cover for a throw pillow you already own you save money by not having to by a new pillow form, and you save space because you don't have to store a big pillow that you only use for a few weeks a year.
You will need:
-a length of red felt (enough to cover both sides of your pillow and make petals)
-red thread
-yellow scraps of fabric
-yellow thread
-cotton balls
I purchased 5/8 of yard of Felt for my project. I chose felt because it leaves a nice edge that you don't need to finish.
I started by measuring the pillow I had, in this case 21" square, then adding an inch to give room for me to sew a seam. So I cut one square that was 22"x22" for my front pillow piece. (Your measurements will be for the pillow you have.)
I started by measuring the pillow I had, in this case 21" square, then adding an inch to give room for me to sew a seam. So I cut one square that was 22"x22" for my front pillow piece. (Your measurements will be for the pillow you have.)
For the back I wanted to make a place where I could just slip the pillow in and have it close up with out having any ties or buttons.
So for the back of the pillow I cut a 25"x22" square the give me some extra length. Then I cut off a 10"x22" piece off of that. This is going to be the space that the pillow will slip in. The extra length lets it overlap so it will cover the whole pillow. (I hope that isn't too confusing)
I pinned the template to my fabric that I had triple folded so I wouldn't have to cut out so much.
When you cut out your petals be sure you use your fabric wisely and place your template right up against your last cut. You will be able to make more petals out of your fabric this way.


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