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AccuQuilt Two Owl Pillows Tutorial

July 30, 2015 By Connie Kresin 4 Comments

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Easy Owl Pillows
Last week I did a guest blog post on the AccuQuilt blog and shared the tutorial for my fast and easy owl pillow.  I had a few people email me that they had trouble viewing it so I decided to share it here also. I made the green pillow and mentioned that with two granddaughters……I was going to have to make another pillow. I have it done! They are going to love their new pillows!

Purple Owl Pillow

Today my tutorial uses not one but three different AccuQuilt dies. I’ll be using the GO! Owl,  GO! Ohio Star 12″ finished and the GO! 2 1/2″ Strip Cutter die.

Materials needed:

  • Cream for the center blocks
  • Assorted colorful scraps
  • 2/3 yard of green batik for the border and backing
  • small amount of fusible for the applique
  • 17 inch square of muslin
  • batting
  • 16 inch square pillow form

I used my GO! BIG Electric Fabric cutter.

Cut 4 – 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ squares using the 4 1/2″ square that is part of the GO! Ohio Star 12″ Finished die.

I have a habit of marking my dies with the amount of fabric I want to cut for each section on the die.

Ohio Star Die

Sew all seams with a 1/4 inch seam allowance.

4 center pieces

Sew the 4 squares together.

4 pieces sewn together

Island Batik had sent me a sampling of beautiful batiks that I thought would look neat in a pillow.

 

Batik Strips

I used my 2 1/2 inch Strip Cutter die to trim the pieces to 2 1/2 inch strips.

trimming the strips

Next I rotated the strips lining them up with the 90 degree mark and cut them into 2 1/2″ squares.

strips into squares

The cream center blocks measure 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″.

Sew 4 of the 2 1/2″ squares together for each side and 6 together for the top and bottom.

Adding blocks on all sides

Sew the sections to the center blocks.

Squares all around

Last month when we were on vacation I picked up the cute little Go! Owl die in Minnesota and this is the first time I have had a chance to use it.

Owl die

Here is my owl ready for applique. I used Heat & Bond Lite for my fusible and did my applique with a free-motion stitch.  The piece measures 12 1/2″ x 12 1/2″.

Owl ready for appliquing

I decided to add a border so I used the 2 1/2″ Strip cutter again.

cutting borders for the pillow

You will use: 2 – 2 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ strips and 2 – 2 1/2″ x 16 1/2″ strips for the border.

Layer your pillow top, batting and a piece of muslin. Quilt as desired.

Pillow top quilted

When I make a pillow my hope is that it will be used and used and washed over and over. I always add muslin so the batting is enclosed on the inside of the pillow.
Pillow back quilted muslin

  • Make the envelope back of the pillow. Measure two pieces of the green batik 17″ x 12″.
  •  Fold 1/4″ down on the 17″ side, then fold another 1″ and top-stitch for a finished seam.
  • Do this once on both pieces.
  • Overlap the finished seam pieces and place right side together with the front pillow piece.
  • with a 1/4″ seam allowance all around the pillow.
  • Turn the pillow right side out and press.
  • Top-stitch around the edge of the pillow if desired.

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Easy Owl Pillows

Topstitch around pillow
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  1. VickiT

    August 1, 2015 at 4:34 am

    Super cute pillows Connie. And of course, I LOVE the colors. Between you and Bea, I think you two are going to talk me into getting the Owl die.

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  2. Createology

    July 31, 2015 at 8:01 pm

    OWLdorable is not adequate to describe these "HOOT too CUTE" owl pillows. I love their sweet personOWLities and great expressive eyes. Uber Fabulous Dear…

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  3. Brenda

    July 31, 2015 at 2:39 pm

    Your pillows are adorable! I enjoy owls and love looking at what people do with them. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful creative day!

    Reply
  4. Colleen

    July 30, 2015 at 5:02 pm

    Those pillows are just tooooooo cute! 🙂

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