How To Sew A Fleece Embroidered Patch Pillow

Here’s how you can create a throw pillow with patching and embroidery! This is a super fun project and makes amazing gifts!

What you will need:

Fleece, one square of about 17” and 9 squares of 6”
Iron and ironing board
Pins
Rotary cutter and cutting mat (or scissors)
Measuring tape
Embroidery thread and tear-away or cut away stabilizer (use wash away stabilizer on top of the fleece you are using is very thick, the fleece that I embroidered on was quite thin so I was able to get away with just tear away on the back)
Sewing thread
Machine sewing needle and machine embroidery needle
Baby Yoda embroidery design from Lizzsews Etsy shop
Stuffing
Sewing and embroidery machine

The steps:

1. Iron fleece and cut out 9 squares of 6”

2. Hoop the stabilizer, tear away or cut away, I chose tear away. Pin a square (colour one) to the stabilizer, it’ll take a little bit of work!!

3. Select your embroidery design, thread the machine and begin the embroidery!

4. Sew together the embroidered square (colour one) and squares of the other colour (colour two) on both sides to create a strip of three squares. Iron the strip.

5. Sew together two strips of three squares with colour two in the middle and colour one on the sides. Iron the strips.

6. Place the embroidered strip right side together with another strip and sew on the long side. Place the leftover strip right side together with the raw edge long side of the embroidered strip and sew. Iron the now square

7. Measure the square (or rectangle), mine ended up being 16.5” x 17.25”. Cut a square (or rectangle) of either colour one or two with these dimensions.

8. Pin together the cut square right side together with the patched square and sew. Leaving a gap in the middle of the bottom side. I recommend making this gap as big as your four knuckles together.

9. Flip inside out and fill with stuffing, fill as full as you please.

10. Hand sew the gap and enjoy your embroidered patch pillow!

Here’s a fun variation you can do: use a piece of embroidered cotton in the center instead of fleece!

Thank you for reading this article! I would love to see your creations in Lizzsew's Facebook group! Don’t forget to leave a comment and let me know how your throw pillow went!

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