Today is Day 8 of our 12 Days of Christmas in July Giveaway. You can enter each day to win the prize of the day! Contest rules and how to enter are below.
It takes just a minute to enter: simply comment below answering the question of the day!
Today’s Project
On the eighth day of our 12 Days of Christmas in July Giveaway, my true love gave to me…this Poinsettia Pillow Tutorial from Fairfield!
MATERIALS
- Sewing machine, thread straight pins
- Scissors
- Red glitter glue
- Yellow glitter glue
- Snow White Oly*Fun
- Cherry Pop Oly*Fun
- Yellow buttons
- 16″ Pillow form
- Yellow fiber floss and needle
INSTRUCTIONS
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Cut twelve 7″ Cherry Pop Oly*Fun petals and twelve 5″ Cherry Pop Oly*Fun petals. Sew two petals together to form one petal for a total of 6 petals. Repeat for the 5 inch petals.
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Add glitter glue to the petals and set aside to dry.
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Add glitter glue to the buttons and set aside to dry.
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Decide on a pillow size, and cut two pieces of Oly*Fun 1 inch wider and 1 inch longer than pillow form.
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Select a piece of Oly*Fun to be the front. Sew petals on the fabric as shown in the picture. Then hand sew on the yellow buttons by hand.
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Sew three sides of the pillow together and insert the pillow form. Use straight pins to close open side. Sew the open side closed. You can do this by hand or on the sewing machine.
Poly-fil soft touch pillow inserts from Fairfield are perfectly comfortable for every day use. Measuring 16×16 and 12×12, these inserts would look great on a couch, recliner, or bed. With the look and feel of down pillows, use soft touch pillows for anyone with allergies or an aversion to using feathers. Bundled with these pillows is a selection of fabrics in pink and neutral tones, perfect for your next quilting project.
In order to win today’s 12 Days of Christmas in July Giveaway, all you need to do is leave a comment on this blog post below telling us:
Who do you want to make a quilt for?
OFFICIAL RULES FOR DAILY CONTEST:
- There is a maximum of one entry per person. The entry will be based upon a comment left on this blog post. Duplicate comments will be deleted and are not tallied.
- Winner will be selected at random from the comments on this blog post.
- Winner will be announced here on the blog July 24, 2015 as well as contacted by the email address provided.
- You have until tomorrow, July 23, 2015 at 11:59p EST to leave your comment on the project above. Comments posted after that will not be counted.
- Contest open to anyone 18+ in US and/or Canada.
THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED. Check out the rest of the 12 Days of Christmas in July giveaway series. There are still 4 chances to win!
Congratulations to Jenni James!
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I want to make a quilt for my husband. He doesn’t ask me to make him something very often so when he does I try to come up with something creative.
I have always wanted to make a quilt for my daughter
My niece
I would like to make a quilt for my granddaughter.
What a lovely pillow. It would be fun to make.
I would love to use the pink/neutral fabric pieces to make quilted placemats and a tablecloth for my kitchen.
My granddaughter wants an Owl quilt for her bed. I am working on a baby quilt right now for a new grandchild expected to arrive in September. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway.
I have 6 grandchildren and they all love and use any quilts I make for them.
I’ve always wanted to make a quilt for each of my daughters!
Would love to make a quilt for my son!
I would make this for my granddaughter
I would like to make a quilt for my best friend’s kids
A young lady I know is having a baby. I would make a quilt for them
I will ask my mum to make one for my dorm room.
I love using pillow inserts to make simple and easy gifts for friends and family. Pillows are something that they will keep around and use for a long time. Inserts are expensive so winning these would be wonderful along with the fabric.
I would like to have a go and give it to mum to cheer her up as she is in the nursing home with dementia.
I would make a quilt for my mom. She’s the one who got me into sewing and she wants me to make her one someday.
I would like to make a quilt for all of my nieces and nephews…..
I want to make a quilt for my grandchildren.
Actually I would like to make a quilt for myself. I have never made one for myself. I always make them for other people. Now I want one!
My granddaughter….she’ll be 17 in September, and is starting to come into her own. She’s beautiful inside and out, and I want to make something special for her.
I want to make a quilt for my 2 year old daughter! She needs a new blanket for her big girl bed!!
Veterans at the VA nursing home would appreciate this symbol of the holidays.
You are right. My husband is a veteran. He is out of the Army due to medical issues. When he was in one of the hospitals he was given a lap quilt from Quilts of Valor Montana Chapter. He has it folded and on the back corner of the couch.
I am just learning how to make quilts. My daughter just got her a new house and i want to make her a lap quilt and 2 pillows for her couch.
I think this would make a great gift for my mother she loves red! Plus it just looks like it would be fun to make
I would love to make a wall hanging of some sort. Also a quilt for a friend.
I’d like to make a bright colourful quilt for my Mum, who is 93 years young next month! She still gets around like the engergizer Bunny but with fewer cares now! A bright happy quilt and pillow would give her a nice place to nap!!
My friend who loves homemade quilts
I have 3 baby quilts to make for friends’ babies this summer
My sweet little nieces, who are 3 & 5 years old.
I would make the quilt for my Aunt, recently diganosed with cancer.
My brother is in process of adopting his wife’s niece & 2 nephews. The middle child is bullied by both his sister & brother and often gets the dirty end of the stick from my bother & his wife. I’d make the quilt for him, as he has very little that’s his and nothing that’s him specially.
I want to make a quilt for my dear husband.He likes to cuddle wirh a quilt when watching his football games or movies on a winter time
The poinsettia pillows would make nice Christmas gifts. Thank you for the chance to win.
They say you are never too old to learn something new!!!!! I would love to learn how to quilt!!!!! It always looks like so much fun, relaxing, and enjoyable!!!!!
Well, I was going to put in here that I’d like to make a quilt for all 8 of my grandkids, but when I read the comment from Jenna regarding her soon to be nephew, I would just as soon the prize would go to her. I hope things work out for the child.
I would love to make a quilt for my daughter, she helps me in so many ways.
I would like to make a quilt for Project Linus. I currently knit for them so quilting would be a change of pace andwould refresh my sewing skills.
I would make s quilt for myself, then if it turned out good, I would make one for my kids.
I want to make a quilt for myself!
I want to make a quilt for each of my two kids. I want to make them something that they can use, but also keep as something they could pass down to their own kids when they have their own family. My grandma made a quilt and passed it down to my parents. I remember it always being on my parents bed. Now, I have it and love it. I will give it to one of the kids, but I also want to give them something I make.
There are several people I want to make a quilt for, but the #1 priority person right now is my daughter who just became engaged a few weeks ago! She’s been through a few emotional relationships and finally, she’s found The One! We love the guy, too, so they deserve a quilt as a wedding gift.
I want to make a lap quilt for my older sister to use in her wheelchair.
My poor little daddy is 6 foot 1 inch and weighs 145 pounds. He stays cold all the time. I’d love to be able to make a quilt to keep him warm.
I would make a quilt for my grandchildren.
Any of my friends or family member would appreciate a new quilt.
I just learnt how to quit last year. I have already tackled 3 quilts for my granddaughters now I found out I have another one on the way 🙂 but I would really like to try to do a benefit quilt for our local state fair. They are just trying to get started and It would be awesome to be able to auction it off to help!
My next quilt is for my grand son who is 15. He loves Dr. Who so I am going to make him a Dr. Who quilt. Hopefully I can get it done by Christmas! If not, his birthday is in February. Thanks for all the great giveaways you have!
I love crafts & I just love to make & give to those who need something because it encourages them & makes them smile.
I would make a quilt for myself. I miss the look and feel of a quilt. It would also let me express my creative self.
Tops on my list for late summer are new placemats and table runners/toppers mine are in need of retirement and I have a couple of new ideas kicking around
I would love to make a quilt for me. All the ones I have made go to family members and friends…some day I might actually get to keep one for myself…
Started a quilt for my son before he was born; he’s 33 now…Would like to FINISH it!
I would love to make one for my loving hubby. He has been asking and I just need to get it done! 🙂
Myself as I am new to quilting!
I want to make a quilt for my son, Tom.
I love that you offer these contests and would love to make a quilt as a gift for my Best Friend. He is on the Transplant List for a new liver, due to NASH (non-alcoholic steatic-hepatitis). We know God has a plan for him and we just want my friend to be comfortable and feeling the best he can until God provides a liver for him. We believe God has already answered our prayers by allowing my friend to live near the Arizona Mayo Clinic. He never knew why he moved here but feels it was God’s plan for him to be able to build a support system of friends like my family so my mom and I can be his caregivers.
He has commented he needs a thick quilt because body’s temperature tolerance is off and he gets so cold he cramps. I hope I can make this for him for Christmas. It would be a complete surprise!
Donate Life! Thank you and have a great day! jj
I want to make a quilt for my great niece.
My little grandson for sure!
I would like to make a quilt for my great-grandma.
i am making quilts for 3 little girls and if I won, I would make a big girl quilt for the youngest, Emma.
My new grand baby to come in April
I’d like to make a quilt for a vet or a children’s hospital. Sometime I’d like to make one fr myself.
This is a lovely prize for anyone.
I haven’t made a quilt for my husband yet, so I would make him one.
I would make a quilt for my grandma. It would really surprise her.
My granddaughter’s big girl bed is in need of a quilt.
sewing is SEW much fun. the online tutorials make it great for beginners like me. the instructions are clear – everything turns out!
After all the quilts I have made for other people, it’s high time I make one for myself. I want to do that soon.
I have several on my list- my daughter, my son, and then… ME! I just won a beautiful bundle of Curiosities and I’m saving it for myself. These would look wonderful with that line!
A quilt for me and my sweet heart!
I want to make a quilt for our local Buddy Walk for Downs syndrome fundraiser.
I would love to make a Quilt for my 40 yr., old son and my Family because I watched my Grandmother and my Mother and my Aunts quilt when I was growing up, but there is one problem I had to sell my Sewing back in the spring to help my Husband with some bills, but now he has a very good job, and we are still having to catch up with our taxes. And by the way I have arthritis of the spine and two pinched nerves. So, I would love to win. Thank-You, all and May God Bless.
I want to make a quilt for my new daughter-in-law, she is so sweet and would love the gift so much.
I would make a quilt for me, my husband, and my 1 1/2 year old daughter. I’m a beginner sewist and it would build my courage knowing I could sew a quilt!
I can always use new ideas for Christmas. Thanks so much!
I make quilts so I can play with color and design.
I don’t really need a reason to make a quilt.
This would be the perfect match for the quilt I am in the process of making for my husband.
My 3 great-nephews all need quilts for Christmas. I haven’t started so I better get moving.
I have been cutting fabric for a quilt for my husband. I am almost finished with a quilt for me. LoL, I also want to start on a Quilt of Valor, also have projects for my quilt guild. Also a small quilt for “Quilts for Kids – it is here in the Antelope Valley, (CA). So I am usually pretty busy at my machines. But saves my sanity
I would like to make one quilt for each of both of my parents and a third for myself.
I am making a quilt for my five year old granddaughter. She is the light of my life, and I want to wrap he in love. Thanks for the fun giveaway! I love the pillow!
I want to make a quilt for my niece.
I would make one for my mom. She past away last month and it always made her so happy when she received new “goodies” from her girls. She saved everything we ever made her.
I would like to make a quilt for my son. I always make quilts for my granddaughter but I have yet to make one for him. Thank you for the tutorial and the giveaway.
I want to make a quilt for a little one in my life. Thanks for the chance to win!
I’d make a quilt for my new grandbaby (due in Sept). And thanks for the tutorial.
I want to make a quilt for myself. I’ve made them for others ,it’s time to make one for me.
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I’d make a quilt for my mother to thank her for sharing her love of quilting and crafting. It would show her that I indeed did pay attention
My sister made me a quilt for a wedding present many years ago. I would like to return the favor and make a quilt for her.
I would make a quilt for our daughter.
I want to make a quilt for my daughter 🙂
Myself at first !
I would like to make one for a. Lady at the rest home that my aunt is at .she has no one never has any one come see her I would like to make her one to keep her warm and feel the the love that was put into it
I have six grandsons that I want to make quilts for them to have as adults. With their varying ages, I might can get that done.
I really want to make a quilt for my new granddaughter! I have made one for each of the others and now it is time for the newest grandchild!
My quilts have all worn out over the years, I would like to start with one for my king size bed, then there are 5 grandchildren…..
I would like to someday make quilts for my grandchildren – 2 little boys ages 3 and 10! Something they can cherish after I am gone. Hand-made gifts are best!!!!
id love to make a quilt for my nephew 🙂
I want to make quilts for my 3 children. Then one for my sister then my grandchildren! I need to get busy…
I want to make a quilt for my baby girl.
My son is having oaken heart surgery and he would live me to make him a quilt to take with him to the hospital.
I would love to mae one for my grand daughter
I want to make one for my daughter.
I would make a quilt for my daughter-in-law.
i would love to make a quilt for our son
I am looking for a quilt pattern for a weighted quilt for my nephew. I would make it for him.
I would make a quilt for my son.
I want to make one for my little girl, i’ve already made her one, but the problems i’m having is that it’s turned into her favorite, and now she wont sleep without it. So if anything happens or i simply need to wash it, yeah, i need a backup one lol.
id like to make a quilt for my mamma
I just finished my first quilt, a rag quilt, for my granddaughter’s graduation and 18th birthday. I am planning on making one for each of my grandchildren and great grandchildren as they graduate from high school. Will have to find something else to make when they graduate from college!!!
I would make a t-shirt quilt. I have so many t-shirts from events all the way back to childhood, I would make one of those and drape it over my couch or let guests use it when they stay over!
Myself! I have never tried quilting before, but the math in it intrigues me. (Yes, I am a math nerd.)
I want to make a Quilt for my Husband! I make for the Kiddo’s & Grankiddo’s…..& asst’d gifts for people….think HE should have Special one just for Him! 🙂
Would love to make it for my daughter
I would like to make a quilt for my daughter.
Though I have made quilts for all 6 grands, 2 now have different sized beds. So, those are on the list, along with quilts my sewing group makes for veterans at VA retirement homes. Thank you for the giveaway!
For my son
I would like to make one for my son that is weighted.
My daughter and SIL have completely worn out a quilt I made years ago and they would love a replacement. Thanks.
I would win this for my Mom!
My wife wants to make a quilt for our daughter.
I love to make quilts for everyone. Whether it is for a baby shower or a Christmas gift.
my niece.
I would make it for my mother.
I’d like to make it for my mom.
A quilt for my twins!!!
I would love to make a quilt for my daughter!
I’ve made a few quilts in my time including one for my son when he was a baby. I would like to make another for him now that he’s grown.
My little one 🙂
My daughter just found out she is having a baby. I would love to make her something special for her to have .
I would love to make a quilt for my daughter who lives far away so she knows we miss her.
Love the look of this pillow. It will make a great addition to anyone’s decorations.