Postcard Pillow Sewing Pattern Download

Description

In the style of the popular vintage travel postcards, this pillow celebrates America’s
iconic Chicago-to-Santa Monica highway: Route 66. The perfect conversation piece for travel enthusiasts and restored Airstream trailers, the pillow is corded, machine appliquéd, and finished with touches of hand embroidery. The cover zips off a custom pillow insert.

FABRIC

• Pillow: 5/8 yd quilting cotton, 45″
• Piping: 1/2 yd quilting cotton, 45″
• Shadow Appliqués: 1/4 yd black quilting cotton, 45″
• Letters: Seven 3″ × 6 1/2″ fussy-cut pieces of novelty fabric
• Road Appliqué: One 3 1/2″ × 15 1/2″ rectangle of quilting cotton
• Sun Appliqué: One 3″ × 3″ square of quilting cotton
• Insert Pillow: 5/8 yd quilting cotton, 45″

OTHER SUPPLIES

• Templates:
  • Pillow Front/Back (A)
  • Route (B)
  • Route Shadow (C)
  • 66 (D)
  • 66 Shadow (E)
  • Sun (F)
  • Road (G)
• 3 3/4 yd cording, 3/16″
• 3/4 yd paper-backed fusible webbing, 17″
• 1 1/4 yd lightweight fusible knit underlining for Backing, 20″
• One 32-oz. bag polyester fiberfill for Pillow Insert
• One 18″ zipper
• Black, yellow, and white embroidery floss
• Thread to match pillow, black thread for letter and Shadow appliqués, yellow thread to match Sun, brown thread to match Road
• Zipper foot
• Mechanical pencil
• Paper or template plastic
• Optional: Light box

FINISHED SIZE
11″ × 20″ × 2 1/2″

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