Tip: Take a photo with your phone or camera once you’ve decided on a layout. Once your pieces are all cut, lay them out in your desired pattern. That’s 32 pieces cut per pass, if you plan your fabric cutting wisely! ( Note that the image above is to demonstrate the accordion-fold, not the uber efficient cutting!) Then you can accordion-fold the fabric over the die and cut 16 of each at a time, since the die has 2 corner and 2 wedge blades and you can layer fabric 8 layers thick. Once your design and fabric choices have been made, it’s time to cut!įor this pillow, cut the following ( refer to the photo above for fabric numbers):įor quick and easy cutting with your Sizzix fabi, cut fabric strips 4″ wide for the wedges and 2 5/8″ wide for the corners. Note that you can emphasize a windmill shape, a star shape, or a circular movement depending on where you position your colors and values of fabric. If you are creating your own kaleidoscope version, print out this printable provided by Debby at Quilter by Design and start playing with color combinations. Misc notions: pins, clips, seam ripper (I love Clover Patchwork Pins and Wonder Clips ).Thread (I uses 50wt Aurifil 2600-Dove for piecing and 2560-Iris for quilting).A more professional, digital version will replace this one as soon as I can solve a printer technical difficulty. OR- Print this free Kaleidoscope foundation paper piecing template for a 6 1/2″ kaleidoscope block **This is a temporary hand-drawn version. 1/2 yard fabric for the pillow back (I used Kaffe Fassett shot cotton in Granite).6 fat quarters of fabric (I used the Autumn Dusk bundle) for the pillow front.I have included some affiliate links in this post so that if you click through, I will get a small commission. If you want to make an identical pillow, you can buy the Autumn Dusk bundle from Fiddlehead HERE, or enter to win a bundle by commenting on yesterday’s post HERE. This tutorial will include cutting instructions for the same arrangement of nine (9) blocks made from six (6) fat quarters of fabric as I used, as well as assembly and finishing instructions for an envelope-backed 18″ square pillow. Trust me when I say the most difficult part is deciding on fabrics and fabric placement. Peek at the results from a quick “kaleidoscope quilt” google search HERE to give you an idea of the potential. Do you have ANY idea how many different patterns you can make with the Kaleidoscope pattern!? It boggles my mind. In thinking about pattern ideas, I came across my Kaleidoscope die from Sizzix and decided to play. Our couch doesn’t have a single handmade pillow, and that needed to change. The colors made me think of the calm at dusk, and I thought it would be a perfect palette for a pillow. For those of you who do not have a Sizzix die cutting machine, I will also include a printable foundation paper piecing option, so read on!Ī month or so ago, I selected a blogger bundle for my local quilt shop Fiddlehead Artisan Supply, and called it Autumn Dusk. Today I’m going to share a quick tutorial on how to make your very own Kaleidoscope pillow using the Sizzix BigZ L Kaleidoscope die and six fat quarters (I used my Autumn Dusk blogger bundle from Fiddlehead Artisan Supply).
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