Here’s how to make your own super cute ric rac accent pillow:

Materials:

-2 fat quarters of fabric (one for the front and one for the back of the pillow)  I’d choose a solid for the front because your ric rac is going to provide enough pattern on it’s own!

-2 yards each of 3-4 different colors and widths of ric rac

-Aleene’s Fabric Fusion glue

-poly fill stuffing

Cut the front and back piece of your fabric to be 15″ x 20″.  Fold your ric rac in thirds and cut into 3 pieces.  Layout the ric rac pieces on the fabric that will be the top of your pillow.

When you have them laid out how you like them, just pin it all down.  You’ll use a lot of pins!

If you’re having trouble with the smaller teeny tin ric rac just pin it like this.  Use the pin on either side to make a little channel to pin it down in.  See how the little purple ric rac is being held down, but not actually pierced with the pin?

Now that you’ve gotten it all laid out, grab this fabulous glue from Duncan and start gluing down all your ric rac.  I did try sewing all this at first.  I wanted to use my clear thread, but my machine hated sewing with it and so the glue ended up working even better than sewing all of it!

You’ll end up with some hanging off the sides and that’s quite alright!  After we sew on the back we’ll trim it all up!

Place your back fabric face down on the front of your pillow and pin around the edges.  Sew around the edges, leaving about 4″ open along the bottom center of the pillow.

Trim off the extra ric rac that was hanging off the edge once you’ve finished sewing.

Don’t forget to trim your corners before you turn the pillow right side out!

Stuff it as full as you want and hand stitch around the opening you left.  Enjoy you’re new accent pillow!

I used some nice spring colors but wouldn’t it be cool to switch up the colors for say St. Patrick’s Day or July 4th?

Or if you don’t need a pillow, just forgo the stuffing all together and make an awesome place mat!!

My maiden name is Williamson so I found a Williamson family crest online, made it a little larger in Photoshop then printed it out onto printable fabric. You can buy these fabric sheets at most any craft store. They are 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheets of white or cream fabric with a paper backing on it. You just run them through your printer at home and heat set with an iron. The color turned out great!

If you want to make one here’s the pieces you’ll need for the front:

You’ll also need one fat quarter for the back. I used 1/4″ seams for this project. After you cut and piece the front together just cut a piece of backing fabric the same size as the front. Place the front and back right sides together and sew around the edge leaving a hole with enough room to turn out and to stuff. Just clip the corners, turn it out, stuff, and sew up the bottom! The finished size is about 15″ square.

Happy Crafting!

Want to make some? It took me about an hour to make both! Here’s how:

You’ll need 4 fat quarters total. 2 of the front fabric and 2 of the back fabric
Polyfill stuffing for the inside

I just took my fat quarters and made 18″ squares with them. Pin a back and a front piece together with right sides facing. Stitch around the outside of your square and leave about 4″ open for stuffing it. (I left my hole in the bottom middle. That way if your hand stitching isn’t great the pillow will be sitting on top of it.) Clip the corners and turn it right sides out. Stuff the pillow and hand sew up the bottom and you’re finished! This went SO fast and I was so excited to get these done that I forgot to take pictures of the process. If you have any questions just comment and I’ll be happy to answer them!

Happy Christmas Crafting!

Total: 30 minutes and $11.00!