Welcome friends!  So happy you came over to tour our Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop, hosted by Country Road 407.  For this challenge our group takes one inspirational photo and put our own spin on it.  It is so cool how many different versions we get to view.

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Our inspiration this month comes from Mary’s porch.  You can check Mary over at Home is where the boat is by clicking HERE.

I finally cleaned the back porch.  YAY!  What better timing since our Pinterest inspiration was an outdoor space.  For my challenge, I will be using our porch swing.  One way to decorate a space inexpensively would be throw pillows.   Making pillows is a great way to keep it budget friendly.  Today, I am going to share how you can make a felt Dahlia flower pillow case. It cost only a few bucks to make.

Before I list all the supplies I want to share with you the pattern I used to make the petals.

I took a piece of paper, ruler and a pencil.  This pillow cover will fit a 16 inch pillow.

I made 4 different size petals.  Here are the patterns I came up with.  Click on the photo to save to your computer and then print it out. Hopefully you will be able to use my template, if not I wrote all the measurements.

I cut all 4 petals out.  I rounded the points out when cutting the pattern. This is what my petal patterns look like.

Here are the supplies you will need:

• ¼ of a yard of felt
• ½ of a yard of material
•  button
•  sewing machine or fabric glue
•  straight pins
•  scissors
• thread
•  16 inch pillow to fill your pillow cover.

For the petals here are the numbers you will need to cut for each pattern:

• 20 petals marked #1
• 20 petals marked #2
•  15 petals marked #3
• 8 petals marked #4
•  One  3″ x 3″ x 1″  X.  (I free handed the X)

 

Put the petals to the side, we will be working on the pillow cover.

I measured out a 17 inch square for the pillow front.  For the back,  I measured 2 pieces; 17 inches x 9 inches.

I am using a sewing machine but you can use fabric glue if you would like.  I zigzagged both pieces at one long edge and folded it over and stitched a hem.

Place the two panels to the side.  Now take the front panel, place it pattern side facing up.  We will need to make 4 circles to the center.  You need to make an 8 inch, 6 inch, 4 inch and a 2 inch circle.  The circles will not show, it is your guide line for the petals.

Getting the felt petals, we will be shaping the petals, we will need to grab the sewing machine or the fabric glue.  We will do this to all of the petals.  Keeping each size in their group.

Here are the steps to create the petal shape.

1. use the smaller end of the petal
2. folding each end to the middle – for fabric glue.  Add two dabs of glue and fold to the middle.
3. pin together
4. stitch across

I used a white thread to show you, but you will want to use the color of your felt.

To attach you pedals to the front cover.  I started with 4 petals at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock.  I pinned them to the outer circle with the stitch on the line.  Stitch the petals on.  Or you can glue them to the front pinning until the glue dries.

Line up the stitch on the petal with the designated line.

After you attached all the petals we will add the center to the flower.  Taking the cut out X and a button attach to the center.  I sew the two by hand (or you can glue) to the center.

Now we will attach the two small panels to the pillow front.  Keeping the flower facing up, place the two back panels pattern side down with the hem to the center.  Pin the sides together, making sure the petals are not pinned.

Stitch around the pillow.  Turn the pillow case inside out making sure you push out the corners and slip your pillow inside.

Now to share my version of the Pinterest challenge.

The bicycle and home pillows were purchased from Walmart.  I just love the two together.

SHOP HERE

      

The basket of pillows are DIYs.

TUTORIAL HERE

        

Making a statement with just a pillow is very easy and so inexpensive.  If you like my tutorial on the Dahlia pillow pin this for later and share with your friends! 🙂

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♥ Terrie

Next up is Paula over at Sweet Pea.   You will want to go over and check her version.  She is so creative.

Now be sure to check out what my friends did with their Pinterest Challenge.