Sewing our Eiffel Tower embroidery cushion kits
We highly recommend you watch our video which will show you lots of tips for an impeccable result –
markers for the stitch lines, making perfect angles, stuffing the cushion etc…
What you need
- We recommend using a FriXion pen for markings, as they have the advantage of reacting to heat so the lines will disappear with the heat of an iron.
- If you have a cutting board, this is ideal.
- You will need some pins, preferably with a glass tip. They are more visible and will not melt if you iron them.
- And, of course, a good pair of scissors for cutting the the fabrics.
- Stuffing for the cushion. For a more refined result, we recommend making a slightly smaller cushion in white cotton.
Cutting the embroidery and fabrics
- Iron the embroidery on the wrong side and cut the excess linen around the motif to obtain a rectangle measuring 12 x 22cm.
The video will show you a method to simply achieve this using tracing paper, so you cannot go wrong. - Cut three pieces from the Sajou fabric: two measuring 12 x 22cm and another measuring 32 x 22cm for the back.
- Iron them.
Assembling the front of the cushion
- Assemble the two small rectangles with the embroidered linen, right sides together.
- Tack and stitch at 1cm from the edge.
- Press open the seams with an iron.
Assembling the front and the back of the cushion
- Stitch the “Créé par moi„ label on the backing fabric on the bottom right.
- Place front and back right sides together, tack and stitch at 1cm from the edge, leaving an opening of roughly 5cm, preferably at the bottom.
- Pink the corners and press open seams with an iron.