I just made this pillow for my daughter. Her favorite animal from her favorite video game = Easter perfection. She loves playing the Stardew Valley video game (so do I), so I know she’s going to flip when I give this to her. It’s a 16″ pillow that will go great in her bedroom.

I used Adobe Illustrator to make Eric Barone’s design come to life. I also mocked up a bouquet, which I may make later on. Or wouldn’t it be a cool cross-stitch?

I gathered some solid fabrics and printed my map.

I started the layout on the design wall and I got that anxious excited feeling since I knew it was going to turn out so cute!

I filled in the background with larger squares, tile-style.

Then simple, meditative sewing.

These seams are small (1/8″), and I like to press them open for ease in quilting later on. This mini iron is so, so perfect for this task.

This thing is magic. MAGIC, I tell you. #tinyseams #cloverusa #sewing #quilting @cloverusa

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Here’s the back of the patchwork panel. That mini iron makes pretty quick work of the seam-pressing.

And the front. Love it!

Somebunny is getting quilted. I stitched a simple cross-hatch…

…that gives dreamy texture galorrrrrrrre. It’s almost shimmery, even though I only used solids. For the thread, I used Aurifil 30wt in Dove. For the fabrics, I used Kona Cotton by Robert Kaufman.

The finished pillow back has a simple and pretty tied-knot, using a Cotton + Steel basic.