Making Christmas Throw Pillows


Throw pillow covers are one of my favorite things to make.  Plain fabric is cheap, and throw pillow inserts are also very cheap at Wal-Mart.  Sewing simple envelope covers is one of the most basic beginner sewing projects. If you can sew a straight seam 4 times, you can make an envelope pillow cover in minutes.

Below are the "how to's" for where and how I got these designs

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    For this one, I used the santa sleigh svg from here:
    https://publicdomainvectors.org/en/free-clipart/Santas-sleigh-and-reindeer-silhouette/68445.html
    The Flourish is from the font Amastery Extras, which is not currently free.  I have a list of FREE flourishes here - 
    https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-best-fonts-for-flourishes-in-design.html
    The Fonts: Rebel Bones, KG Be Still & Know, Magnolia Sky (all free at Dafont)

    Unfortunately this file is no longer free.   (The actual file is in color, I made it black and white)
    The font is Wallington Pro, and although I've found free versions of it, none of the free versions have all of the extra glyphs.  It's $24 on Creative Market & Hungry Jpeg.

    But I'm leaving it here as a reminder.  If you are looking for free files, check your own folders first!  I spent hours online looking for svgs, and when I opened up my folder of Christmas svgs, this one was already in there.  It was a free download last year from here:
    http://www.fynesdesigns.com/north-pole-free-christmas-cut-files/

    If you haven't already, be sure to download the extension to see svg files as thumbnails, it will make browsing your own collections so much easier!

    https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2018/01/how-to-see-thumbnails-of-svg-files.html

    (I added the bottom part, and made it all black and white, for what I wanted...  My husband is an avid geocacher, so he loves it when I add gps coordinates to things)






    Someone made a pillow like this and shared it in a facebook group.  I LOVED it so much, I copied the idea for our home.
    Fonts are: Bookman Old Style & Woodley
    Pine tree svgs is from here:
    https://svgsilh.com/image/2869541.html
    Deer Clipart is from here:
    https://www.clipartmax.com/middle/m2K9A0d3G6N4H7H7_beautiful-deer-silhouette-beautiful-deer-silhouette/




    Font is typo slab - https://www.dafont.com/typo-slab.font
    The Santa Hat is from this free svg  - https://lovesvg.com/2018/11/santa_head_8087/
    The cow face was free from here - https://all-free-download.com/free-vector/vector-cow-svg.html



    A free design from -
    http://freesvgfiles.info/free-christmas-svg/free-santas-naughty-list-svg-file/

    A free design
    http://freesvgfiles.info/free-christmas-svg/free-reindeer-sleigh-ride-svg-file/
    I added a 2 to make it 25 cents, and added a line to say that grandchildren ride for free


    Some of last years pillows.
    The Red Truck is from - 
    Jingle All The Way is the Samantha Font & I used a bell silhouette...
    There is a free bell svg in this design - 
    https://lovesvg.com/2018/11/sleigh_bells_ring_8077-2/


    If you use a silhouette - here is a free cut file.  (It is a studio3 file, NOT an svg)

    A few I made last year, mostly with fonts and a deer silhouette.  I did not take notes last year, so I can't be sure where the designs came from.  My best guesses:
    Ho Ho Ho  font is The Skinny
    jingle (I'm not sure, but I think it's the default free font in design space)
    I think We Wish You A Merry Christmas is from Design Bundles, but it's not free there now.

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