JANOME TUTORIAL: Layered Cupcake Pillow Pattern

 

Hi  Friends! Today I'm excited to share a beginner friendly pillow pattern on the Janome Project Page and my blog too! The Layered Cupcake Pillow is perfect for left over 2.5" jelly roll strips or 5" charm packs or scraps. 

The Layered Cupcake Pillow Pattern finishes at 16" x 16", which is a mini version of my Layered Cake Quilt Pattern.  I'm using a Stateside 5" Charm Pack by Sweetwater to create my Layered Cupcake Pillow. The patriotic prints are perfect for summer decor!

Fabric Requirements

• (28) 2.5” rectangles – Label A  Stateside Fabric Collection by Sweetwater
• (8) 2.5” x 2.5 squares – Label B Stateside Fabric Collection by Sweetwater
• 20” x 20” Batting 
• 22” x 22” Pillow front backing *Optional. This fabric will be hidden in pillow interior
• Backing fabric: Size will depend on preferred method for Pillow Backing Closure
• 20” Nylon Zipper  
• 16” x 16” Pillow Form

Piecing Instructions

 

Row Style 1:

 - Sew together (4) A 2.5” x 4.5” rectangles.  A + A + A + A

Row measures 2.5” x 16.5”

-  Repeat step above until you have sewn (4) Row Style 1 rows.

 

Row Style 2:

- Sew together (3) A 2.5” x 4.5” rectangles. 

- Sew (1) B 2.5” x 2.5” square to each end. B + A + A + A + B

Row measures 2.5” x 16.5”

-  Repeat step above until you have sewn (4) Row Style 2 rows.

 

 

Pillow Front Assembly

 

1. Sew together Row 1 and Row 2 (alternating) until you have a total of 8 rows sewn together.

 

4.  Quilt and finish pillow with preferred method. 

• I quilted my pillow with straight-line quilting using my Janome M7 with AcuFeed Foot and stitch length 3.5. 

• For zipper installation - I used my Reversible Zippered Pillow Tutorial. My Layered Cupcake Pillow is truly reversible because for the backing I used (16) 4.5" x 4.5" squares sewn together as a 16 patch (4 rows of 4 squares). 

 

Zipper Pillow Finishing Tutorials:

• Reversible Zippered Pillow (zipper on bottom of pillow): https://abitofscrapstuff.blogspot.com/2022/05/janome-tutorial-reversible-zippered.html
• Exposed Zipper Pillow Tutorial (zipper on pillow backing) https://abitofscrapstuff.blogspot.com/2021/10/tutorial-adding-exposed-zippered-pillow.html

I hope you enjoy making your Layered Cupcake Pillow! I can't wait to see what fabrics you will choose to make your own pillow!

Layered Cupcake Pillow Pattern PDF Pattern - here

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Melanie Call

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