Your love of your state can now shine through and live as a squishy pillow on your couch. Hello State Pillow patterns are here!!!! Choose your favorite. Choose your neighbor’s favorite. Celebrate the place you grew up, the place you love to vacation the most, where you went to summer camp as a kid: the list goes on and on. No better way to hone new skills of machine piecing and machine appliqué. Added bonus of sewing shapes that sometimes are irregular, depending on the states you choose. Pattern Includes: • Large pillow template in the shape of the state • Appliqué design • Instructions for assembly Fabric Requirements: Hello Illinois 2/3 yard (two cuts, 15""w x 24""h) Finished Size: approximately 13""w x 22""h Supplies Needed: • Fabric scissors + snips • 20 oz. pillow stuffing • Sewing machine • Turning tool/chopstick • Coordinating thread • Iron • Straight pins • Hand-sewing needle Optional Supplies for Applique • 2-sided fusible web (Steam-a-Seam 2) • Decorative/contrasting thread • Variety of fabrics for appliqué Shops will enjoy: • Great pattern for easy take and make. • Perfect add-on for shop hops and special events. State pride is real. • Encouraging and successful project for beginners. • Teach machine appliqué using simple heart shape. • Make more advanced or customized by quilting pillow, adding hand embroidery, or more complex appliqué shapes. • Excellent choice to add multiple states to your inventory to encourage repeat purchasing. • Easy project to add a wide variety of notions, threads or test new tools. • Create kit that includes pattern, interfacing for appliqué, polyfil, premium fabric like canvas or homespun, specialty threads and more.