Farmhouse Style Quilting

By Annie's

Create quilts from a time long past but still very much a part of the quilting experience. These 12 quilt designs revisited a time when quilting was a necessity for most families. A time when every piece of cloth would be put to use. The quilters of this era are truly some of the best. This book recreates the designs of a time when simple was beautiful. Farmhouse Style Quilting is for the quilter looking for simple but elegance country quilting at its best.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
• Release date: Apr 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781640250796

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Supplies

Farm Fancy Pillows

You can’t get more farmhouse than fabric ticking and chickens. Make a set of these gorgeous pillows this weekend.

Designs by Susan Emory of Swirly Girls Design

Skill Level

Intermediate

Project Notes

Read all instructions before beginning project(s).

Stitch right sides together using a ¼" seam allowance unless otherwise specified.

Materials and cutting lists assume 20 of usable fabric width for fat quarters and 40 for yardage.

Relax Pillow

Finished Size

Pillow Size: 18 × 12

Materials

•1 fat quarter each white tonal, blue-and-white stripe and red print

•½ yard blue tonal

•4½ × 10½ rectangle fusible batting

•2 yards ¼" cotton cord

•12 × 18 pillow form

•Red embroidery floss

•Thread

•Basic sewing tools and supplies

Cutting

From white tonal:

•Cut 1 (4½ × 10½) A rectangle.

From blue-and-white stripe:

•Cut 2 each 4½ × 10½ B and 4½ × 12½ C rectangles.

From red print:

•Cut 1¾-wide bias strips to total 72 when seamed.

From blue tonal:

•Cut 1 (12½" by fabric width) strip.

Subcut strip into 2 (12½ × 15) backing rectangles.

Completing the Relax Pillow

1. Using embroidery diagram provided, transfer Relax onto the center of the A rectangle. Fuse batting rectangle to the wrong side of A. Using backstitch and red embroidery floss, stitch along transferred letters.

Backstitch

2. Sew B strips to the top and bottom of A and C strips to opposite ends to complete the pillow top; press.

3. Prepare piping by wrapping seamed bias strip around cotton cord, right side out and matching raw edges. Using a zipper foot, stitch bias strip as close to the cord as possible, without stitching into the cord. Trim seam allowance to ¼".

4. With one end of piping at the bottom center of pillow top and raw edges aligned, starting ½ from piping end, stitch to the outside edges of the pillow top. When about 2 from the beginning end, stop stitching and trim ends of cord to meet; trim bias strip to 1" beyond cord, fold under raw edge at end, and then encase the beginning end of piping. Complete stitching along edge of pillow top.

5. Double-fold under ½" on one short side of a backing rectangle as shown in Figure 1; press. Stitch close to the inner folded edge.

Figure 1

6. Referring to Figure 2, fold over approximately 2 on the hemmed edge and press so the backing rectangle measures 12 × 12½". Stitch to secure the inner folded edge.

Figure 2

7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to make a second backing rectangle.

8. Layer and pin both backing rectangles with rights sides facing the pillow top right side as shown in Figure 3. Match raw