Christmas Present Cushion | Sewing Decorations for Christmas | Free Christmas Sewing Tutorial

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In this video we show you how to make a Christmas Present Cushion, perfect to add to your list of festive sewing. (Written Instructions Below↓)

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Written Instructions:

To make a Christmas Present Cushion for an 18" cushion pad, you will need:
- One 17" square for the front of your cushion
- Two 12" wide by 17" long rectangles for the back of your cushion
- For your bow, you will need several 3" wide strips of a contrast fabric. Two pieces that are 32" long, one piece that is 4" long, and two pieces that are 17" long.

Take your 17" long strips and press a small hem on both of the long edges. Do this for both pieces. Do the same on the long edges of the small piece.

Grab your cushion front and lay one of the 17" strips down the centre. Pin through the middle of the strip, leaving the edges free for stitching. At your sewing machine, topstitch close to the folded edge on both sides. Lay your second strip in the opposite direction to form a cross. Stitch in place as before.

With your smaller piece, simply stitch the hems in place. Once you've hemmed both sides, fold the short edges to meet, with the right side of the fabric on the inside, and stitch using a 1/4" seam allowance. Turn your tube though to the right side, position the seam on the back and the put to one side.

For the rest of your bow, take the two 32" long strips and lay them right sides together. Sew both of the long edges with a 1/4" seam allowance. Once stitched, turn your tube through to the right side. It's a small hole so this may take a few minutes. Once it's turned through, use your iron to give it a good press and then topstitch along each side to match your other pieces.

To finish the ends of your bow, either sew straight across the short edge and then use pinking shears to neaten. Or create a decorative end by stitching a V-shape and then pinking.

To create your bow, fold the two ends of your fabric in half to find the centre. Measure 6" in from the folded end and mark with a line. Sew along this line through all of the layers. Open the ends so that they are going in opposite directions. Then find the fold, and flatten it on top of the seam you have just sewn.

Take your small piece and feed it over one end of the bow until it is in the centre. You may need to fold your bow to get it through. Squish the centre together to make it look more like a knot. And then pull the bow loops out on each side.

Once you are happy with the shape of your bow, place it in the centre of your cross. Fold the tails of your bow underneath and position them wherever you like them best. Then grab a needle and thread and hand stitch the bow to the centre of the cross.

To create the back of the cushion, you will need to hem one side of each piece. On the long edge, turn under a small amount once and then twice, before stitching it in place. Repeat that on just one edge of the second piece. If you are using a directional fabric, make sure that your pattern is the same way up on both sides and that your hems are opposite each other.

Take the first back piece and lay it right sides together, so that the right side of the back is on the right side of the cushion, and your hem is facing into the middle. Match the other 3 sides with the front of the cushion. Take your second back piece, and again making sure it is right sides together, lay that over the top. You should have your second hem overlapping the first hem and the sides should all be matched. Now pin that all in place and sew all the way around with a 1/2" seam allowance.

Now you are nearly done but, before we turn the cushion through, we need to trim the corners close to but not through the stitches. Now reach inside and open the two layers of your envelope back to reveal the front of your cushion. Turn it all the way through to the right side, poking out your corners. Re-adjust your bow to make sure everything is looking nice and now all it needs is a cushion pad.

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