Santa Hat Pillow, from pattern by The Quilt Company, Designs by Karen Montgomery with my Cloudberry gnome
Last month I watched two virtual shop hops on Facebook. In each shop hop, quilt shops located across the US each spent an evening selling items in their shops online.
This Santa’s hat pattern showed up in a couple of the shop’s presentations. It is the “Santa Hat Pillow” from The Quilt Company, designs by Karen Montgomery. I tried to find this pattern from its primary source, but haven’t succeeded. It looks like the original shop may no longer be in business. But you can find the pattern for sale if you search for it. The pillow insert is a 14 inch square pillow—a nice size.
I almost didn’t buy it when I realized that the pattern has a zipper. Yes, I can DO zippers. I just don’t enjoy sewing them. But not to fret…this pattern uses an over size zipper which gets cut off after it’s been sewn in. So it is just 2 straight seams, with none of the bother of setting a zipper into a defined space. Easy-peasy!
After I made one, I couldn’t stop! I’m up to 4 so far and debating using a vintage zipper that’s not quite long enough for another pillow—but might just work.
The Waldorf-type gnome in the child’s rocker with the Santa pillow is Cloudberry. You can read about him and his cousin Dewberry in my post from December 20, 2018.
There’s still time for you to sew your own before Christmas!
