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

Tips:

• Always use HTV on fabric.  Don't forget to mirror your design!
• The fabric for envelope pillow covers needs to be the same width of the pillow, and the length is the width x2 +4.  So for an 18 inch pillow, the fabric needs to be 18 inches wide and 40 inches long.
• More information on sewing the pillow covers, and links if you prefer to buy them - https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2017/11/pillows-curtains-sewing-cricut.html
• There's a list of ready made free svgs that are great for Christmas throw pillows, here: http://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2018/12/free-svgs-for-christmas-throw-pillows.html

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 - 

https://caluyadesign.com/old-truck-christmas-tree-free-svg/
There's a long list of free red truck svgs here:
http://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2018/11/vintage-red-truck-free-svgs-project.html

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)

https://www.silhouetteschoolblog.com/2016/11/free-silhouete-jingle-bells-design-set.html

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.