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Thanks so much!
-Cass

Also, it’ll help when you need to clean your cube and when you need to stuff it with more filling. Just open the zipper and you’re done! Plus, it makes for a neat storage compartment.

What I did for the pink lines because they didn’t stand out enough using just pink thread and doing the satin stitch (the zigzag stitch, but all scrunched together) I cut out strips of pink felt from when I did my hearts to stretch across the whole of the squares (thing giant pink plus signs) and satin stitched over those a couple of times.

Doing that instead of just the little pieces of pink helps because I could center my heart and circle pieces better and the little silver tab pieces better too. It was a hassle doing it that way, but, in the end I’m soooo glad I did it like that, made my life easier in the long run.

My advice to future project doers: buy more than one of each color of thread. You are going to run out, especially if you’re doing a buttload of satin stitching. I’ve had to make 2 separate trips to Jo-Ann Fabrics because I ran out of thread with just a tiny amount left to do with that color.

One more piece of advice: I used Crayola marker to draw on my patterns for three reasons: 1.) It works better than using fabric pencils (the pencil catches on the fabric because it’s felt); 2.) it gives you that extra 3/8 of an inch extra you need for satin stitching; 3.) it washed out WONDERFULLY! I put all my stuff in the washer and all the blue came right out, no worries about staining.

Good luck!

Step 1: Cut out pink heart with about 1/4″ extra all the way around. More if your fabric seems to need a greater seam allowance (frays, etc.)

Step 2: Fold the 1/4″ under the heart, with the right side out, sew on top of gray circle with pink thread. (may need to cut slits in 1/4″ allowance in places such as the round tops of the heart and the v in the middle on top of the heart)

Step 3: Cut out circle (around heart) with extra 1/4″ allowance.

Step 4: Fold 1/4″ edge of circle under and sew on top of darker gray square. (Cut out the square again with… probably 1/2″ extra fabric around the edge, but 1/4 will do.)

Make 6 of these.

Step 5: Sew together 6 sides into cube. Put right sides together and sew with 1/2″ or 1/4″ seam allowance on the wrong side. Either sew the 6 into a cross-like shape (3 wide, 4 long) like in the paper pattern for a cube) or sew 4 to make a ring, then add the top and bottom. Finished cube should be inside out, and leave a 2″ to 4″ opening in one side to turn cube right side out.

Step 6: Cut out corner and tab pattern out of light gray, fussy fabric – again with 1/4″+ seam allowance. (The pattern that looks like it is only 3/4 there, and the little rectangle below) Sew sides of right angle (where the missing piece would be) together to make a cone shape. Fold under edge and sew on to corners of cube. You could even stuff a little between the cube and the corner piece to make it stand out extra. Sew tabs on the same way as everything else.

Stuff cube and sew up opening