RAINBOW AND UNICORN CUSHIONS

INSTRUCTIONS

RAINBOW CUSHION

Step 1 - Draw a rainbow shape on paper to fit the size of your cushion. Make each coloured ray 5cm wide. Cut out each ray to use as a guide for cutting fabric.

Step 2 - Using paper rays, cut fleecy rays 1cm wider on inside curve for each colour except purple (last colour) which will be the exact size as paper. There will be 7 rays: red, yellow, bright green, green, blue, light purple and purple.

Step 3 - Iron the interfacing to the back of the 55cm blue fleece square. Place the blue fleece square right side up on table. Lay the red ray on top in the appropriate place, making sure ray ends meet the edge of the blue fleece. Pin and zigzag stitch the upper curve of the red ray.

Step 4 - Lay the second ray (yellow) overlapping the bottom of the red ray. Pin and zigzag stitch the upper curve of the yellow ray. Continue in this way until all 7 rays are attached.

Step 5 - Lay the cloud over the ends of the rays at the bottom edge of cushion. Pin and zigzag stitch around the cloud edge.

Step 6 - Using Heat n Bond, attach facial features to the cloud and zigzag stitch in place.

Step 7 - Open zip halfway. Place cushion front face down on top of cushion back. Pin around all edges and stitch around edge twice. Turn right side out through zipper. Insert cushion.

UNICORN CUSHION

Step 1 - Using the Gold dance fabric, cut out 2 x horns and 2 x inner ears using the templates below.

Step 2 - Using white fleece, cut out 4 x outer ears. Place a gold inner ear face up on top of a white outer ear and zigzag stitch in place. Place a white outer ear face down on top of gold/white ear and stitch around the outside edge, leaving the short side open. Stuff lightly and sew across bottom edge. Make 2.

Step 3 - Place the gold horns right side together and stitch along the long sides, leaving the short side open. Stuff lightly and sew across bottom edge.

Step 4 - Cut 2 pieces of black fleece 12cm x 3cm. Snip "lashes" 2cm long.

Step 5 - Iron the interfacing to the back of the 55cm white fleece square. Place the white fleece square right side up on table. Place the eyelashes in position, pin, and zigzag stitch across the upper edge.

Step 6 - Using the 2 large pieces of cream fleece, attach one side of the zip to the upper edge of the largest rectangle. Attach the other side of the zip to the bottom of the smaller rectangle. Make a fold that overlaps zip and stitch in place along length of zip.

Step 7 - Lay the cushion back face up on a table. Place the ears and horn along the top edge of the cushion back, right way up and pointing in towards the centre of cushion, with the short edges along the cushion back edges. Pin and stitch in place.

Step 8 - Cut 4 or 5 30cmx5cm strips of fleece from the pink, blue, burgundy, and grey fleece. Fold in half and attach folded edge to the outside edge of the cushion back, along one side and across the top, in between the ears and horn. Stitch in place.

Step 9 - Open zip halfway. Place cushion front face down on top of cushion back. Pin around all edges and stitch around edge twice. Turn right side out through zipper. Insert cushion.

Step 10 - Cut a 35cm x 6cm strip of fleece from the pink, blue, and grey fleece. Cut 6 scallops (petals) along one long side of each piece of fleece. Using a long tacking stitch, hand stitch through the long straight edge, pull up tight into a flower shape and secure. Hand stitch to top of cushion (be careful not to sew through cushion insert as well). Repeat to make 3 flowers.

Step 11 - Cut 3 small fleece hearts from corresponding colours and glue one to the centre of each flower.