How to Make a Cactus Pillow with Flower | FREE pattern

This is the cutest cactus you'll ever snuggle with. It's a pillow! And it's easy and fun to make. There's a FREE pattern, plus I'll show you how to add the prickles, and how to make a fabric FLOWER to go along. Yay! Let's do it!
• GET THE FREE CACTUS PATTERN HERE:
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[@LittleGardenandMore]

I collect cacti but I am obsessed with this soft and warm cactus. Love it .Thank you for the tutorial .

[@strawberrypiano21]

I live in Arizona and am Cactus obsessed... will be making this!!!

[@Ari4ya]

One of my friends loves cactuses and it will be a great christmas gift for her. THANK YOU FOR THE IDEA!!!

[@brittanyswaim2898]

I love your energy, kindness & patience in your videos! You're awesome

[@viviwilhelmsson307]

So happy to see you! Nice to hang out with you and the cactus! 🌴🌵🌾

[@evelynbecky]

This is adorable who would have thought a cactus would be so cute I love it!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@roseannehebert3682]

I love the cactus pillow and look forward to making one for me and some as gifts. thank you

[@joannaprevost426]

So cute ! And therapeutic. Love these cactus pillows ! 😍

[@nadaalbannai2174]

Thank u for ur fun videos .. we would love it if upload more frequently. All the love from Kuwait 🇰🇼

[@margaritaclark8909]

I love this cactus. It would be a great gift for my best friend.

[@ilovepinkroses5167]

Thank you so much! You help make sense of what to do and make it fun and not scary for me! Love ur vids!

[@xmobile.]

16:20 i feel like this is a technique that should be remembered and could be applied to other projects. When i saw the pillow, i would've just naturally assumed you cut a ton of tiny individual strips, threaded each through, and tied them all in knots when threading was finished. This is brilliant, but also after learning it, so simple and seemingly natural.

[@MADEEveryday]

Haha thanks! I learned that technique when tying yarn knots on a quilt many years ago. It definitely saves time. So I'm glad you appreciated that part! Thanks for chiming in! :) - Dana

[@gigima1976]

Your videos are amazing. Love the clarity of the video and explanations. You’re also fun to watch! Thank you!

[@sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778]

I love all kinds of cacti. Gosh, I will need to try this project. So cute!

[@sheilaperl4155]

So cute!

[@brookejaso516]

These are so adorable!

[@ElNinoDeLaFrontera]

this is so wholesome, i love it

[@mcmarenco]

Sometimes it helps to have something else to burn instead of your fingers" ...😂❤️ Love it!! I can play this video over and over, just like all her videos!!🌷😝🤪

[@sm1lerno1]

Lol never thought I'd be excited about sewing a cactus 😝 thanks, and looking good as ever Dana x

[@chrissy24-7]

I love this, it'll be the perfect gift for my Mom who retired in the southwest! And I love cacti and succulents 💕

[@MADEEveryday]

oh good fun! Yes. A cactus pillow is a great gift :)

[@mmembreno3794]

Love love ur vids! Make everything seem so easy.

[@elizabethvallely4044]

Awesome thank you for the tips and ideas! Thank you for sharing! Enjoy the video... 💞

[@valerielewis7048]

Love this idea! Going to make one!! 🥰 love it!!

[@kathleen7849]

Love it. Going to make myself one.

[@laurie4]

So cute!! Love your videos!! Thank you

[@deborahdosunmu4778]

Adorable

[@auntshyenne]

I really love and enjoy your videos! Your so helpful! Keep up the great work!!🖤

[@pabeolig8755]

I love this idea!

[@Libbyrose82]

Thank you so much Mrs. Dana for this free pattern. I was able to make a cactus as a gift for someone I know and love that is moving away. It was sort of a housewarming gift. My children loved it so much they requested one of their own so in a matter of 2 days I made three cactus'....lol

[@MADEEveryday]

Oh my gosh how fun and awesome! Thanks for sharing with me :) Dana

[@m.iajanemadeit2324]

This is adorable! I can’t wait to make it :)

[@carinabam5833]

welcome back love you videos

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I love this

[@tmyFreetime]

This so cute... 😍❤️👏👏👏😘😘Thank u so much for sharing

[@samanthakeighley5467]

I love your great, upbeat positive attitude. You have mad skills ❤

[@MADEEveryday]

Thank you, Samantha!

[@thatsmyjam6065]

Awesome video. I watch yours as soon as I see them come out!

[@MADEEveryday]

Thanks Andie!

[@DelilaFarrell]

That is so cool! I love sewing! Loved this video! Love from a Christian channel❤️

[@tinageorge8759]

Thank you Dana, I live in Arizona, so this is perfect here!!! 💚🌵💚

[@MADEEveryday]

Awesome! Have fun with it! Dana

[@ohmy9479]

I love your happy 90’s sounding intro music!😁

[@MADEEveryday]

Haha. Thanks :)

[@StuffsewnbyJoan]

LOVE!

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Omg love you soooo much You explain with so much detail Love your vids

[@MADEEveryday]

Thank you so much! :) Dana

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Awwwww! How cute is that! I love it! I really enjoy watching your videos. Super Great!

[@MADEEveryday]

Thanks so much!

[@minuty8909]

Wow beautiful 😲I like it ❤️

[@stevendesmond7064]

So cute and I have the perfect place to put one! Can't wait to make! Thank you for this video.

[@MADEEveryday]

Awesome! Yea, a little squishy cactus can brighten up any room :)

[@maehay4065]

As kids we had so many wonderful times pillow fights! Another You Tube channel has one like this he uses it as a puppet! It’s so cute. Thank you for sharing this fun project 👍

[@MADEEveryday]

The cactus pillow would actually be perfect for pillow fights. 😂 Easy to hold and swing. Haha! Be careful!

[@HeatherHandmade]

These are so cute!

[@MADEEveryday]

Thanks Heather!

[@angko-pe]

I was just thinking about you and your channel wishing you would upload again! And yay! Do you do other crafts other than sewing? I started knitting last year, and I really love it. I have done some sewing in the past, but nothing fancy, mostly just simple designs.

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I really wish you posted more frequently and consistently

[@esmee100100]

First like and comment! Love your videos! Dying for more content!!

[@MADEEveryday]

Thanks! :) Dana

[@Jessica-wo6rg]

I know you don't post every day or every week. But I'm new to your channel and I love all of your videos. They remind me of my mom that makes me remember the pure and great side of her. She loved Baking, (she had her own Blogspot with quite a few followers. ) Gardening, ( She was in a club. ) Sowed things from time to time. Gosh she had so many hobbies. I miss her to much, but unfortunately I don't live with her anymore. I know she didn't like sowing that much as I do... but it reminds me of the positive side of life that she raised me to try to have before things got ruined. She just wanted me to be happy and grow up being happy to be a kid that plays outside and has hobbies to motivate me... anyways when I am able to learn how to sow at school in a couple months and I get a sowing machine, I will get the same one as you. It's the best one I've seen so far. You make things a lot easier than some other people in KZbin would. 🌻🌷 Edit : a little bit about me : By the way I'm only 11 ½ right now and I'll be 12 by the time I get my own sowing machine and iron. I tried baking... didn't go well. It only goes well when we bake with someone older when we're young right? (That makes me sound old. I'm going to be a total mom when I'm 20.) I'm also obsessed with writing. Even though I'm not that good because I haven't taken any classes obviously since I'm a kid... aside from that I don't know all of the words in the English language or how to really be confident in my work. Anyways that's a bit about me. 🌻🌷

[@torutamuno743]

U are such a darling to watch. Thanks

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Thank you! ❤️

[@odapty]

Nice

[@karenpoole8957]

This is such a fun project! Another thing that would be fun to do if making it for a kid would be to make a face on the cactus! That would be really cute!

[@MADEEveryday]

Yes, definitely!

[@MrsGump]

I LOVE this channel! I've been a sub since the very beginning n I'm SO pleased to see you finally have a decent following - you deserve so many more! But one gripe.......More more more lol, I wish you'd do more vids :D

[@MADEEveryday]

Haha thanks! I wish I did more videos too. They just take a lot of time to put together. Thank you for watching over the years! I appreciate the love and support!! :) Dana

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[@MADEEveryday]

Thanks Emma! :) Dana

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Congratulations...

[@cristall.p.9186]

Dana!!! I have missed your videos SO MUCH 😭😭😭..... thank you SOOOO MUUUUUCHH for your tutorials, you make everything sound so easy and so soooooo cute!!!! I will be making tons of these cactus pillows to give away as xmas presents to all my friends and family... 💐💐 again, thank you!

[@MADEEveryday]

Thanks! I hope to post sooner next time! :) Dana

[@jenniferfurey9320]

your tutorials are always really good and very clear! another question, where did you get the top that you are wearing in the video, it's lovely

[@suepeterson5675]

Like the cacti pillow. Could you do a video of your reconstructed T Shirt you have on. Looks great. Thank you for sharing. 👍👍😊

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Sue Peterson yes! I was thinking that too! Love this shirt!

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I was just looking at your shirt thinking, wow I love that top!!

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Top😍😘

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[@GooliRubi]

Very cute & seems pretty easy! I love your shirt too. Did you make that? If so, share!

[@anirocsa4301]

I love your blouse did you make it yourself and can you show us how!

[@saramoreno76]

I wish that were my sewing room.... :)

[@momgrandma5496]

Aaaaaaaaa hahahahahahaha, too funny! So cute, especially the spines, definitely making one or more of these. : ) They gave you a stick?! I didn’t get one in my bag. : ( Thanks for sharing the metal needle threader. We need to keep what little sanity we have.

[@MADEEveryday]

I've definitely had bags before that didn't have the stick. I'm not sure what happens, there. 😂 I hope you love the cactus project!

[@shanaazmohammed7713]

Hi I was wondering if you ever bought a serger and if you ever made anything using a serger? Thanks bye

[@Bluebelle51]

yes! I DO need a cactus pillow

[@MADEEveryday]

Definitely! 🌵

[@Bluebelle51]

@@MADEEveryday just finished making a pattern for a full size body pillow yes, I'm THAT kind of crazy

[@MADEEveryday]

@@Bluebelle51 hahaha. SWEEEET! I want to see! Share a pic with me on Instagram! @made_everyday

[@MrsGump]

Dana, would you be able to make a vid on how to adjust/lower necklines, take in jeans waists etc on clothes in our wardrobe? I have a chiffon top that's a singlet with a wrap cowl over top n want to lower the under singlets round neckline, but I'm unsure how to do it properly, a tutorial would be AWESOME 😀😀😀

[@nikroyal3614]

Need more videos more often its been awhile

[@Simply_kiende]

Could you please show us how to make a laptop bag?

[@kimkirchner4749]

Awesome! Would you do some DIY macrame and yarn pillows ? Can this be done on a sewing machine? I’m a super beginner and I just found your channel. Thanks , kim

[@MADEEveryday]

Sure! You could do all sorts of fun handsewing, macrame, embroidery, etc to your pillow!

[@Nick-ei8lt]

I’ve been looking for a good sewing with bias tape video could you make one please? I’ve looked at the two you have and unfortunately they do not really explain how to sew with it. Also maybe a video or two about some basics and hacks. Thank you

[@MADEEveryday]

I have several projects on my blog that use bias tape, but may not necessarily have videos - www.madeeveryday.com/?s=bias+tape

[@bethbilous4720]

Hi, can you show how to make the pretty pillow next to the cactus? I would love to know how to make this.

[@MADEEveryday]

Oh that's a fun idea! I've never made a pillow like that. I'll have to figure it out! I agree. It's so fun :) Thanks Beth! Dana

[@Marialla.]

The reason why clipping may be better than trimming a seam allowance sometimes is because some fabrics fray, and are weak. If so, you need the width of the seam allowance to ensure stitches don't just pop through the edge of the fabric when a seam is under tension.

[@MADEEveryday]

Some fabrics work better this way, some the other. It's good to have multiple options at our disposal. Have fun sewing! 😊

[@calliemtb]

Did you make that cute t-shirt?

[@physio4me]

Love love your videos! I watch with my 7 year old daughter. Great project but why cut template right in the middle of the fabric? Fabric is expensive in UK and trying to get her to be more careful thanks

[@jenniferfurey9320]

you think it's ok if i make and sell some of these, I'm just gonna be drawing my own design

[@angiefranks7847]

Hi I was just wondering why you chose that Stitch to close the pillow hole and not an invisible stitch?

[@MADEEveryday]

You can definitely do an invisible stitch! I find that it's a bit harder to do...so I wanted to show a simpler one, that is still pretty inconspicuous.

[@eishascerri3257]

Dana and Melanie ham need to colab 💛💛💛💛

[@maddie312]

Teach us how to make a jean jacket

[@quinncohen8068]

Can you do a how to make slime video

[@ashleykarels7058]

Am I the only one that thought of using this as a nursing pillow? Like a boppy? I feel like you should shape it like a cactus and it could help hold baby while nursing.

[@Kh-tn4dy]

Hi .. My name is Khadija and I am from Saudi Arabia and I am following all the videos of your channel from 4 years Please do the translation so we can understand some words .. 🇸🇦🇸🇦

[@christinedoede4929]

I use chopsticks when I use my glue gun. Always have a million in my utensil drawer.

[@j.hensbergen6022]

Beautiful idea, ugly final stitch when closing the pillow. Closing with a blind stitch ins't hard at all and looks so much prettier! When you attach your string a repeat of the same stitch, through the same holes will last so much longer, needs no knot and is saver for children!