Americana SVG Cut Files for Silhouette and Cricut -

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Happy Independence Day!! Cut out some fabric with me to make inexpensive and really easy vintage Americana pillowcases. Check out my previous post using my new Silhouette Cutting machine here. Now I want to try cutting felt.

Americana SVG Cut files for use with Silhouette Cameo and Cricut cutting machines.

Since receiving the new Silhouette Cameo 4 Pro, I’ve been really wanting to try to cut wool for appliqué on a quilt. The price of wool is pretty expensive so I’m testing the cuts first on felt that was purchased at Joann’s.

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Would you rather opt for a video tutorial instead of step-by-step instructions? We’ve got you covered with a comprehensive video tutorial that guides you through the process of making Vintage Americana Pillowcases.

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How to make a pillowcase with Vintage Americana SVG cut files ~ Step by Step

Materials Needed

Step by Step Instructions

Step 1: Cut a square of fabric approximately 2 inches larger than the pillow form. If you watched my Youtube video, I cut the first pillowcase to the exact dimension of my pillow form which was 12″ x 12″ but after the seams were completed, the finished pillowcase was around 10″ x 10″ so it was a very tight fit. The next pillow was made 14″ x 14″ to fit the form and it was a perfect fit.

Step 2: Getting the felt ready to cut is the next step. In order to secure it to the pillowcase before sewing, I used Sewable Heat N Bond lite weight. You can use any kind that you have available, that is just what I had on hand and it worked.

Heat N Bond for holding down the felt until it can be sewn.

Step 3: Next, it’s time to cut the Americana SVG cut files design in the felt using the Silhouette Cameo cutting machine. I have cut them out using scissors and let me tell you that using the cutting machine is so much easier!! The cuts are so precise and definitely worth using the machine.

Cut felt for the Americana Cut files using the Silhouette Cameo 4 Pro

Step 4: To sew down the felt, I used a satin stitch in places where there was a gap between the felt and then a blanket stitch on the outside. To sew the tiny pieces on the bird, I used a straight stitch and just made a little circle on the inside of the felt pieces.

Blanket stitch was used to hold down the felt on a pillowcase

Step 5: Now that everything is stitched down on the front of the pillowcase, it’s time to make the back of the pillowcase. I’m making an envelope style so it has a place in the back where the fabric is overlapping another piece of fabric to insert the pillow form.

To make the back, cut a piece of fabric the width of the material that you used for the front but cut the length 5 inches longer.

Cut the piece exactly in half and then hem both halves by folding over 1/4 inch, iron, folding another 1/4 inch, iron, then sew it with a straight stitch. Do the same process with the other piece of fabric.

Then lay the front piece right side down, and the back pieces on top of it right side up.

Cut along the edge for the perfect French seam

Step 6: Sew around the edges 1/4 of an inch.

Then to make a french seam, turn it inside out and then sew another 1/4 of inch around the edges careful that you sew the first seams completely inside of the second seams.