Up Up and Away Blend Fabrics Pillow

Inspired but the beautiful balloons in Blend Fabrics “Flutter and Float” by Ana Davis I designed this oversized appliqued hot air balloon pillow with pieced border.

Project Supplies:

StitchnSew™ Fleece Sew-In High Loft

HeatnBond® FeatherLite Fusible Adhesive

SpraynBond® Basting Adhesive

Flutter & Float Quilting Cottons from Blend Fabrics

Kona Cotton Solids

Aurifil 40 wt Cotton Thread, 2021 & 5004

Oliso Iron

Fluff for stuffin’

Basic Sewing Supplies: sewing machine, rotary cutting tools, hand sewing tools.


 

Up, Up and Away Hot Air Balloon Pillow Instructions:

 

To create the pieced border:

Cut 2 inch x WOF strips of 4 prints. Sew strips together lengthwise with 1/4 inch seam allowance. Press seams to one side with Oliso Iron.

Cut stripe unit into 7 inch squares.

Place 2 square face to face with stripes of one square unit perpendicular to other square unit.

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Stitch around squares edges with 1/4 inch seam allowance.

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Cut stitched square diagonally from corner to corner. This will create 4 half square triangles. Press seam open. Square up.

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Piecing 7 half square triangle units from top and bottom boarders and 5 half square triangle units for side boarders. Sew boarder pieces to center piece, sides first then top and bottom.

 

Place cloud and balloon applique’ pieces and press to HeatnBond® Feather Lite, then press in place. Back pillow top with StitchnSew™ Fleece Sew-In High Loft and stitch around each applique’.

Machine quilt pillow top.

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Stitch pillow top to pillow back leaving opening to turn. Turn right side out and fill with desired fluff. Hand sew opening closed. If in the mood for a small quilt use pillow back fabric before machine quilting then add a binding.

Happy stitching! – Jennifer Davey

Up Up and Away Blend Fabric Pillow with SpraynBond Basting Spray

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3 Comments on Up, Up and Away Applique Pillow Featuring StitchnSew Fleece

  1. valerie martin
    October 10, 2017 at 1:25 pm (7 years ago)

    So cute! How do I get the pattern to create the front pieces? Thank you

    • Jennifer Davey
      October 13, 2017 at 12:36 am (7 years ago)

      Hi Valerie!
      So happy you like my design, I am scanning in my patterns and will get them up shortly. Thanks!
      Jennifer