Sew a peacock pillow | Instructions

In this tutorial (also suitable for beginners), I'll show you how to easily sew a beautiful peacock cushion - and that too in a super cool Zakka style. There are no limits to your imagination - and your creativity. You can make the cushion colorful, but you can also coordinate the colors harmoniously and get a super elegant design piece this way.

Here you can see how I prepare the appliqué and what to pay attention to:

If you want to sew a peacock cushion, you need:

• for the front: 1 piece of fabric, 54 x 54 cm
• for the back: 1 piece of fabric, 40 x 52 cm, 1 piece of fabric 35 x 52 cm
• also: fabric scraps, embroidery and/or sewing thread^*, glass beads^*, sequins^*
• Interfacing^* (iron-on, if desired)
• Appliqué pattern: Peacock cushion pattern
  

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This beautiful version of the peacock cushion in red tones was sewn by Manja. Thank you very much to Manja for the great photo!

A super cool use of our pattern comes from Silvia: She appliquéd the peacock onto a sweater. Thank you very much for the picture, dear Silvia!

How do you like my peacock cushion?

Feel free to leave me a comment!

Happy simple sewing

Yours, Sabine

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