How to Make A Butterfly Patchwork Pillow

Using fabric odds and ends, a little imagination and some polyfill stuffing, you can come up with this fun little pillow in an afternoon.The butterfly applique was drawn freehand, but you can also use a stencil to trace the shape onto fabric.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 2 pieces of fabric, about 15 by 20 inches, for front and back of pillow
• 1 6 by 8-inch piece of contrasting color fabric, for applique
• 2 6-inch pieces of bias trim tape, for antenna
• 1 10-inch piece of eyelash yarn trim, for head
• Polyfill stuffing
• Scissors
• Sewing machine or needle and thread

How to Make a Butterfly Patchwork Pillow

1. On work surface, place applique fabric, right side down. Trace or draw freehand a butterfly shape (as pictured). Cut out with scissors. Set aside.

2. Position applique onto right side of fabric you've chosen for the front of the pillow. Pin into place. Machine or hand stitch around edges of applique.

3. Pin the two 6-inch pieces of bias tape into place above applique, for antenna, as shown in picture. Machine or hand stitch into place.

4. Now, join right sides of front and back fabric pieces together and machine or hand stitch a straight seam around three sides.Turn pillow inside out.

5. 
    
   Butterfly Patchwork Pillow - Back

   Wind eyelash yarn into a ball, and tie a knot in center. Hand or machine stitch the yarn into place for butterfly head.

6. Stuff inside of pillow loosely with polyfill.Finish by hand or machine stitching the top closed, as pictured.

Tips & Warnings

• Polyfill stuffing is available at Michael's and discount retailers like WalMart for about $3 a bag. One bag will stuff about four pillows in the size pictured.

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