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Mattress Pin Cushion Tutorial



Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion (FFO) fully finished object

Hi everyone, I have been re-uploading some of my original posts from my old tutorial blog and decided to post them on here.

This is a mattress pin cushion I made quite some time ago.


Materials required

Finished cross stitch piece

Lightweight interfacing (Pellon in America)

Sharp scissors 

Polyester fibre fill or flat quilt batting 

Embroidery thread to match your design

Needle


You can make any design into a mattress pincushion as long as you stitch an outline around your pattern and create the panels with the same amount of stitches to line up with other pieces, you will see what I mean when you look at all of the photos.

Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion
Iron lightweight interfacing onto the back of each panel piece just within the edging lines.  
Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion

Cut all panels like this

..Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion


Line up edge so that each backstitch lines up with the backstitch on the other piece 

.Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion

Like this.......

You should have exactly the same amount of back stitches on each side.

Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion

 
Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion

Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion



  Attach the next piece at the bottom, see the next picture for a close    up! 
Cross stitched cottage with french knots a tutorial showing how to finish into a mattress pincushion

Can you see?  As long as you have exactly the same amount of stitches to match each side then it will be easy!
Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion


When you have stitched all four sides it should now look like this.

Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion


Fold over the corners and stitch them together
Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion

Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion

Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion


There are two ways to fill your mattress, one with fibrefill, which is the way I did it or you can cut pieces of quilt batting the same size as your mattress pincushion and place them inside the mattress before attaching the bottom of the mattress. 

Using the quilt batting will give a much sharper finish  to your mattress, I have made one with quilt batting and I think it was much nicer.
Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion



Attach the bottom piece and stitch to the top section and fill with fibre fill before you close the opening.
Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion

Your mattress pincushion should now look like this.

I think there are a few hundred french knots in this!
Cross stitch ornament tutorial to finish cross stitch into a mattress pin cushion

If you would like to see more mattress pin cushions then type Mattress Pin Cushion in the search bar or here are a few links below…







Until next time, happy stitching!




Valentine Love Mini Cat

 Hi everyone, this is a re-uploading of a pattern I posted a few years ago, when I switched back to blogger I lost a lot of posts so have decided to upload them again.

Apologies if you have already seen this one, if you haven’t then the pattern is below. 




Click the image to make it clearer



                                                                 Backstitch colours below

This pattern below is the same but with the word Love 

      Click the image to make it clearer



 

Until next time, Happy Stitching! 

Have A Nice Day Free Cross Stitch Pattern

Hi everyone, this is a re-uploading of a pattern I posted a few years ago, when I switched back to blogger I lost a lot of posts so have decided to upload them again.

Apologies if you have already seen this one, if you haven’t then the pattern is below. 



                                                       Click the image to make it clearer

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                               Until next time, happy stitching!

Free Valentine Cross Stitch Pattern


Hi everyone, Love is In The Air!

Another free cross stitch pattern for you to stitch, hope you love it. 

The pattern will be available for a short time in 

pdf format at this link 

If you prefer you can click on the image below and save to your ipad or computer but it may not be as clear as it could be. You are welcome to message me in the contact form for a pdf copy if it is no longer available via the link, but I will need your email address to reply. 

Your email will only be used to respond to your message.

Love is in the air Valentine cross stitch pattern

There are also a set of matching floss tags for the pattern, if you would like a copy with watermarks removed please message me in the comment section at the top of the website.


Until next time, Happy Stitching!






Home is Where The Heart Is - Free Cross Stitch Pattern


.Home is where the heart is cross stitch pattern
Hi everyone, here is a sweet freebie pattern, 
Home is Where The Heart Is.

If you prefer a pdf copy of the pattern please contact me on the contact form on the blog, I will need your email address to reply, it will only be used to respond to your message.



Cross stitch pattern with the words home is where the heart is, pink flowers and a love heart hanging from the words
Until next time, Happy Stitching!
   



 


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