Hi friend! Happy Friday! I’m delighted to welcome back special guest Richele Christensen with this gorgeous patriotic pillow tutorial in honor of our upcoming 250th Birthday! Read on and enjoy!

Hello friends! Today I’m sharing a fun pillow for the Fourth of July using the gorgeous Palette Canvas Cloth by Tim Holtz. The Palette Canvas Cloth is a thicker weave fabric and adds beautiful texture to any project. Its also very soft and easy fabric to work with. This fabric comes in 16 of my favorite prints from the Palette collection. You can use Canvas Cloth for pillows, decor pieces, clothes, journals, mixed media and so much more. The pattern for the Stars and Stripes Pillow is by Chrissy Lux of Sew Lux Fabric.

1. Start with Palette Fabric Canvas Cloth in Red Tapestry, Neutral Typewriter, Blue Vintage and Indigo Wallpaper. Cut the pieces out as directed in the pattern.
2. Sew the flying geese units and the half square triangles together which make up the star points.
3. Its very helpful to lay out the pieces as you go.
4. Once you have all your star points sewn together you will start sewing the sections together as directed in pattern.
5. Press your seams open to help with bulk and don’t forget to pin and match up your seams.
6. Continue sewing the sections together.
7. Once you have all the pieces sewn together give it a good press from both sides. If you want to quilt the pillow top now is the time.
8. Create your pillow. I made an overlap backing so I can take the pillow out and wash the cover.

Creating with Palette Canvas Cloth adds beauty and texture to your projects. The fabric has a very soft feel and is easy to work with. Because it has a larger weave it can fray a little so I iron the Canvas Cloth with a spray starch to help.

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy sewing. –Richele

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