A Third Santa Pillow

This one is for me to keep. The other two, which can be seen in my post for 12/12/25 each went on its jolly way to Colorado or Oklahoma. All three were made from the Lella Boutique pillow pattern Sew Jolly #244. I've gotten much swifter and more efficient at the cutting out phase and identifying the pieces by clipping on Alphabitties. This pillow had pieces A thru W. This Santa's pom pom was fussy cut to have lacy pine needles centered in it, like the part of the tree in the fur trim on his hat.

Now for the FMQ... I'd already stitched waves on one Santa and scallops on another, so I decided to try something different on this Santa. I used my Handi-GADGETS Swish template. I am pleased that the stitches sort of look like a mustache.

Here is the finished pillow front and back. My attempt to center the template swishes on his face was successful. Yay! The back is a print I just really love. I inserted a zipper in the bottom rather than having an overlapping back. I am trying really hard to use fabric from my stash that I really like rather that saving it for some theoretically more perfect project. Often specialness fades with time, so I am gonna make a concerted effort to use it at its height of awesomeness. 

This pillow completes my Lella Boutique pattern fixation. I have made four Frank #232, three Merry Reindeer #245, and three Sew Jolly #244. They are so much fun and come together so nicely. Details are in my blog posts dated 10/1/25, 10/18/25, 12/6/25, 12/12/25, and 12/19/25.