Tall Ship Pillow

Embroidery

Any man is sure to enjoy this handsome pillow, suitable for the office or den. The techniques used to create this project include machine embroidery, “stitch stacking”, using decorative stitches from the machine, zipper insertion, and fringing. The finished size of the pillow is 17” square, including the fringe.

Materials needed:

• 14” pillow form
• ¾ yard burlap
• 14” zipper
• “Tall Ships” embroidery design
• Blank Smart Media design card
• 10” x 15” rectangle of lightweight tear-away stabilizer
• Chalk wheel or pencil for marking
• All-purpose sewing thread (to match burlap)
• Robison-Anton® rayon embroidery threads (to be used in this order):

1. Eggshell #2343
2. Best Brown #2566
3. Ultra Blue #2433
4. Wicker #2489
5. Light Cocoa #2478
6. Russet #2252
7. Dark Brown #2372
8. Teal #2309
9. Pro Teal #2621
10. Brown #2251
11. Evergreen #2315
12. Charcoal #2265
13. Ash #2341
14. Old Gold #2201

• Robison-Anton® 25-weight cotton threads:

1. Eggshell #32343
2. Brown #32251

• 3 yards 1/8” wide satin ribbon (extra is allowed for practice)
• Singer chromium needles size 14

View project instructions

Compatible with:

• XL-5000 QUANTUM®