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Santa & Mrs Claus Cushions
Santa & Mrs Claus Cushions
Materials:
Introduction This pattern includes instructions for making a pair of piped Christmas cushions, featuring Santa and
Mrs Claus! The faces of Santa and Mrs Claus are made using Foundation Paper Piecing techniques.
Instructions are included for turning the blocks into cushion covers, including adding borders, making &
adding piping and making an envelope back.
The cushions measure approximately 14” square and the
FPP blocks measure 10” square when finished.
The Santa and Mrs Claus blocks can be used in other
patchwork and quilting projects.
Requirements
Finished Sizes
The finished cushions measure
14” square and the FPP faces
measure 10” (finished)
Tools and Notions:
Coordinating thread
Two (2) 16” square pieces of wadding (optional)
Two (2) 17” square of backing fabric (optional)
120”/3m Piping cord
Two (2) 14” square cushion pad inserts
Rotary cutter, ruler & mat
Add a 1/4” ruler
FPP or copy paper
Matt tape or glue (to join pattern pieces)
Glue pen (optional)
Sewing clips or pins
Paper scissors
Standard and zipper foot for sewing machine
Iron and pressing surface
Four (4) 1/2” buttons for eyes
Two (2) 1/2” buttons for noses
Fabric marking pen
Embroidery thread and needle for face details
Colour
(as per samples) Quantity
Piping Grey Fat Quarter (18” x 22”)
Background Light Blue Fat Quarter (18” x 22”)
Hat, Sashing and Cushion Backs Red 0.75m / 30”
Hat Trim and Beard White Fat Eighth (18” x 11”)
Face Peach Fat Eighth (18” x 11”)
Hair and Moustache Grey Fat Eighth (18” x 11”)
Requirements are based on 44” wide fabric. Quantities given allow you to make BOTH the Santa and
Mrs Claus cushions with piping and envelope backs.
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Cutting Out Before starting to Foundation Paper Piece the 10” blocks, cut the bias strips for piping, the cushion backs
and border strips as follows:
Colour Santa Mrs Claus
Background Light Blue A5 - 3.25 x 2”
B6 - 1.75” x 1.75”
B7 - 2” x 2”
C2 - 5” x 3”
D2 - 5.75” x 2”
D3 - 5” x 2.25”
D4 - 4.5” x 2”
D5 - 5” x 2.5”
E2 - 1.25” x 1.25”
E3 - 1.25” x 1.25”
E4 - 2” x 2”
E5 - 1” x 1”
E6 - 2” x 1.25”
E7 - 2.25” x 1”
E8 - 3.5” x 3”
F2 - 4.75” x 2.5”
F3 - 5.25” x 4.5”
F4 - 4” x 5.75”
A2 - 1.25” x 1.25”
A3 - 1.25” x 1.25”
A4 - 1.5” x2”
A5 - 3” x 1.75”
A6 - 3” x 2.75”
A7 - 4.25” x 4.25”
B1 - 2” x 1.5”
C2 - 2.25” x 4.75”
C8 - 4.25” x 2”
C10 - 4.5”x 3”
D2 - 1.25” x 1.5”
D3 - 2” x 1.75”
D4 - 1.25” x 1.5”
D5 - 2” x 1.5”
D6 - 2.75” x 1.5”
D7 - 2.5” x 2.5”
D8 - 6” x 2.25”
E2 - 5” x 2.25”
E3 - 5.75” x 4”
E4 - 5.25” x 4.5”
Hat Red C1 - 5” x 4”
F1 - 8.25” x 2.75”
B2 - 1.75” x 1.25”
C9 - 6” x 2.5”
E1 - 8” x 2.75”
Hat Trim and Beard White A2 - 2” x 1.75”
A3 - 2 “x 2.25”
A4 - 7” x 2”
B1 - 4.5” x 1.75”
B4 - 3” x 1.75”
B5 - 2.75” x 2”
D1 - 8.25” x 3”
E1 - 2.25” x 2.25”
A1 - 2.25” x 2.25”
C7 - 6.5” x 2.25”
Face Peach A1 - 6.75” x 2.25” C1 - 8” x 5.5”
Hair and Moustache Grey B2 - 4.75” x 1.75”
B3 - 4.75” x 1.75”
C3 - 2.5” x 1.25”
C4 - 3.25” x 1”
C5 - 3.25” x 1.25”
C6 - 4” x 2.5”
D1 - 3.25” x 2.5”
Borders and Cushion Backs (Red):
• Four (4) 2 3/4 ” x 10 1/2” (vertical borders)
• Four (4) 2 3/4” x 15” (horizontal border)
• Four (4) 11” X 15” (cushion backs)
Piping (Grey):
• Enough 1 1/2” bias strips to make 120”/3m
of bias tape
• Two (2) 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” squares to cover
ends of piping
#santafpp #mrsclausfpp
Use remaining fabric for Foundation Paper Piecing the Santa & Mrs Claus blocks. Use your preferred
method for preparing your fabrics/sewing FPP. If you prefer to cut rectangle for each piece, the rough
measurements in the table below:
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Colouring Diagram - Santa Use this blank diagram of the Santa block to help plan your colour scheme or fabric placement. You
can also refer to the illustration on the front cover.
#santafpp
#mrsclausfpp
Santa & Mrs Claus Cushions
Use this blank diagram of the Mrs Claus block to help plan your colour scheme or fabric placement. You
can also refer to the illustration on the front cover.
Colouring Diagram - Mrs Claus
#santafpp
#mrsclausfpp
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Printing the Pattern Pieces :: The pattern pieces are presented in two separate
documents. Choose the file that suits you best:
1. Tiled pattern pieces - A4 or Letter, 6 pages in total.
2. Large format - A2
:: The pattern pieces have been reversed so that you make
faces laid out exactly the same as on the front cover.
:: A 1/4” seam allowance has been included around each section and is represented with a dashed
line. When trimming your paper pattern pieces do so to this line.
:: Print out the pattern pages Actual Size and do not scale the pages or fit to page.
:: If you are printing out on Foundation Paper, remember to change your printer settings if necessary.
:: Check the 1” test square before printing out all of your pattern pieces or starting to cut them out. This
will allow you to check your printer settings.
See my blog post How to Assemble pdf Sewing Patterns for tips on printing right first time around!
TOP TIP
Use cheap, lightweight printer paper
to print your pattern pieces.
It will be easier to remove later!
Assembling the Pattern Pieces
The tiled pattern pieces are
presented over 6 pages. They
are laid out as per the diagram
opposite.
Three of the larger pattern
pieces/sections are laid out over
multiple pages and will need to
be joined together. You do not
need to join all 6 pages together,
just the relevant pattern pieces
where indicated. The FPP
sections that need to be joined
have been highlighted in grey on
this diagram.
Join the pieces together using
either a glue stick or matt tape
(as it is not as thick as
standard/gloss tape).
The large format file has the pattern pieces presented on A2 sheet (16.5” x 23.4”) and can be printed on
one page at your local copy store.
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Assembling the Blocks
Santa: 6 sections, A-F Mrs Claus: 5 sections, A-E
Foundation Paper Piece each section individually and then trim to the 1/4” dashed line.
Using the diagrams below and the illustrations that follow, join the sections together to complete the two
blocks.
The green circles in the diagrams below show where you need to pay particular attention when joining
sections and seams.
Santa:
AB+C=ABC D+E=DE A+B=AB
ABC+DE+F=
completed Santa
C
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#mrsclausfpp
Santa & Mrs Claus Cushions Assembling the blocks (contd.)
New to FPP?
See my YouTube channel for ‘how-to’
videos on Foundation Paper Piecing
Mrs Claus:
A+B=AB
AB+C+D+E=
completed Mrs Claus
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Add Borders
Using a 1/4” seam allowance, add vertical then horizontal borders, pressing away from
the central FPP section.
Remove papers from FPP section and press cushion front again.
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Face Detail
Quilting your pieced front is optional. If you do not want to quilt your cushion front,
move on to stitching the face details.
Take the pieced cushion front, the wadding and backing fabric and make a quilt
sandwich. Baste using preferred method.
Quilt as desired. On the samples I have used FMQ to add texture to the hat bands and
bobbles, Santa’s beard and Mrs Claus’ hair. I have also added cross hatch quilting on
the background behind the faces and straight line quilting on the borders.
#santafpp
#mrsclausfpp
Using the pattern pieces (A&B for Santa and
C for Mrs Claus), transfer face markings to each
of the faces.
Using 2 strands of embroidery thread, sew with a
backstitch to create the eyebrows, glasses and
mouths.
Attach buttons for eyes and nose.
Top Tip
Before using, test your fabric marking
pen on a scrap of fabric first!
Join the 1 1/2” wide bias strips to make two 60”/150cm long strips, one for each
cushion.
Change the foot on your sewing machine to a zipper foot.
Wrap bias strips around piping cord, line up raw
edges. Using a thread colour that matches your
piping fabric, baste along the length of the strips,
as close to the wrapped cord as possible.
Make Piping
Quilting (optional)
FREE Tutorial
See the FREE tutorial How to Make
Your Own Piping for lots of tips
Square Up
Once you have finished any quilting and adding the face details, square up the
cushion front and remove the excess wadding and backing fabric.
If you have done a lot of quilting, you may find that your cushion front no longer
measures 15” x 15” after squaring up. If this is the case you will need to slightly
reduce the dimensions of the cushion back pieces by the corresponding amount.
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Attach Piping With raw edges matching, lay piping on the cushion front. Start on a straight edge,
approximately 4” from a corner.
Clip into seam allowance of piping to allow it to bend
around the corners more easily.
Trim ends of piping so that they meet.
Take a 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” square and turn in a 1/4” hem on
two opposite edges. Slip under the point where the two
ends of piping meet. Wrap the rectangle over the ends,
matching up the raw edges.
Baste piping seam allowance in place around
the whole of the cushion front, as close to the
piping cord as possible.
Piping Tutorial
See the website for a step by step
guide to adding piping to a cushion.
Make a 1/2” double hem on each of the cushion back pieces along one 15” edge.
Top stitch 1/4” from the folded edge from the right side.
Place cushion right side uppermost and lay two
cushion back pieces on top, with right sides
facing the cushion front. The two back pieces will
overlap by approx. 5”. Pin or clip in place.
Using zipper foot stitch around all 4 sides, close to
the piping (approx. 1/2” from raw edge).
Trim corners and turn through to right side.
Top Tip
Sew with cushion front uppermost & use
the basting stitches from attaching the
piping as a stitching guide.
Make and Add Cushion Backing
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Once you’ve made your cushions, tag me on
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#mrsclausfpp I’d love to see how you’ve got on!
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Thank you so much for buying a copy of the
Santa & Mrs Claus FPP cushions pattern!
I hope that you will love making their sweet little faces and
that these cushions will be part of many happy Christmases
to come!
Love Christmas?
Try out the Nutcracker FPP
pattern to create a fabulous Christmas wall hanging.
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permission is not granted for copying or re-distribution. Victoria Peat 2020.