I started with a large piece of Muslin about 14x11. With a pencil I wrote the words and drew the outline of the picture. I have a cute trio of stars made of wood that I really like so I drew a trio of stars in the center then I added a few flourishes to give it a more finished look.
I used a burgundy color for the words, the flourishes and the medium star, navy blue for the large star, and a light gold color for the small star. I back-stitched along my traced lettering and pattern. Tying off all the ends.
Then I trimmed the muslin to an 11 x 7" piece. I cut 2 2 x 11" pieces of dark blue fabric and 2 2 x 11" pieces of tan and red star fabric. The back of the pillow was a piece of fabric cut to 15 x 11".
I sewed the star fabric to the top and bottom of the muslin. Then I sewed the two sides of dark blue on. I pinned the backing to the front, right sides touching and sewed around the perimeter leaving a 2-3" hole at the bottom. I flipped the pillow right side out, pushing the corners out with a pencil, then I filled with batting. I used a blind stich to close the hole.
