The hills are alive with the sound of music! Mountain pillows have been on our craft to-do list for the longest time and they are truly one of our favorite things!

We recently got a new sewing machine and we knew pillows would be a great first project! With a few simple cuts and stitches, these mountain pillows are great for moderate beginners!

Follow along with the step-by-step or scroll down to the end of the post for a video tutorial!

What You’ll Need

• Sewing Machine

• Fabric (Small pillow-16’’x20’’, Large 24’’x28’’)

• White Felt

• Fabric Scissors

• Corresponding Thread

• Iron

• Sewing Pins

• Zippers

• Seam Ripper

• Pillow Stuffing

How To

Cut and Prep Materials

• Cut and iron 2 pieces of fabric into equal sizes so that the two sides match up once they are sewn together. 

• Cut jagged edges for the snow our of the felt. 

Sew on Snow 

• Pin felt to the top of a triangle and sew the bottom with white thread about ⅛ inch from the felt edge. Repeat and sew on other fabric. 

Prep Zipper Closure

• Pin bottom sides together with the back of the mountain to the front.

• Switch out thread in machine to match pillow.

• Center the zipper along the bottom of the pillow and make a mark just outside the metal stopper on the pull and on the opposite end. 

• Straight stitch ½ from the bottom edge of the mountain and sew until you get to the first mark and finish with a backstitch.

• Change the setting on your machine and sew with a basting stitch or the longest stitch available until the second mark.

• Change the stitch, backstitch and sew until the end of the opposite corner of the pillow.

Add Zipper Closure

• Change to zipper foot on the machine. 

• Press the seam open with an iron and lay the zipper, pull side down, with the teeth right in the seem and pin into place leaving the zipper totally shut.

• Sew down one side of it until you’re a couple inches from the zipper pull, backstitching at the start.

• Stop sewing with the needle down in the fabric. Raise the presser foot and unzip the zipper past the foot. Lower the presser foot.

• Continue sewing until you hit the line you sewed across the end of the zipper and backstitch again.

• Close the zipper again.

• Backstitch and then sew down the other side until you can’t really go any further due to the zipper pull. Backstitch.

• Remove the fabric from the machine and careful rip with seam ripper revealing the zipper.

Finish

• Pin right sides together with the back of the mountain to the front.

• Stitch remaining sides around the mountain with ½ inch seam allowance.

• Cut corners and trim seam allowance.

• Turn pillow right-side out, using a sharp tool to push out the peak and corners nicely.

• Fill with stuffing and get cozy!

Not bad for our first go with our new sewing machine!

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