Fabric Peaches

Your summer decorating is about to get more peachy-keen! Learn how to make these cute fabric peaches with this easy to follow tutorial.

Happy Summer!! Well, technically it is not summer for a few more weeks, but it sure feels like summer around here! Not only due to the heat outside (whew!) but I am surrounded by millions of peaches. 🙂 Last time I shared my needle felt peaches with you and today I am sharing my fabric peaches pattern and tutorial with you.

When I was planning out my summer decorating, I decided to go with a fruit theme again and make some fabric peaches since my fabric strawberries pattern is a popular one. Who knows, maybe after several more summers, I will have a whole fruit series! 😉 I had to experiment with how I was going to sew these peaches as I couldn’t find that anyone had done this before.

Peaches of different colors and patterns

Finding the right colored fabric was a little harder than I thought it would be. I went to several different places before I found some. Luckily, I found all of the different colored peach/salmon colored fabrics at JoAnn Fabric and Craft Store to make the peaches. I also added in a cream colored fabric that I already had on hand too.

Mostly I made the peaches all one color, but I had a couple individual segments leftover of each fabric, so I also made a couple multi-patterned peaches for fun.

WATCH THE QUICK VIDEO

Don’t want to read all the instructions? I have included a video in this post showing you how to make fabric peaches. If you can’t see the video, turn off your ad blocker. Also, if you ever want to slow down the video, just click on the three dots in the lower right hand corner of the video and you can change the playback speed. If you want more detailed instructions, continue reading.

Supplies to make fabric peaches

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Peach colored fabrics – I found my fabric at JoAnn’s, but if want other ideas check here, here and here. I bought 1/2 yard of each of my fabric, but you don’t need that much at all! I just wanted extra since I did not have these colors in my stash already. 😉 You could get by with 1/4 yard or fat quarters.
Cutting mat, rotary cutter and 24″ ruler – this is optional, you can just use scissors to cut your fabric but this makes cutting fabric so much easier!
Peach segment templates (see below)
Scissors
Poly-fil
Coordinating thread and needle
Felt Sheet – olive green
Small twigs from yard
Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Sewing Machine

PRINT OUT THE Peach Pattern TEMPLATE

The first step is to print out the peach template onto a piece of card stock. I included several sizes of the template in case you want to make bigger or smaller peaches. I used the bottom left size which is 3.75″ in height. This made a peach that was about 2.5″ wide x 2″tall. You will only need to print one template sheet, as you can reuse the template to make several peaches.

Peach Template

When you are printing, make sure you print this pattern at 100% to make sure the size is correct. Every printer is different so just make sure your settings are not set to ‘fit to page‘ or that the box is not checked letting your printer make changes.

Cut out fabric peach segments

Once you have the template cut out in the size you want to use, you will need to cut out your fabric. I doubled over my fabric then cut it into a strip that was about 9″ by 3.5″.

To speed up the process of cutting out the peach templates, I folded my fabric into thirds. This way, I was able to cut out six segments at one time.

Place the template on the fabric rectangle diagonially so that you are cutting on the bias. This will make it easier to sew around the curves. There is no need to trace the template, you can just hold it and cut along the edge.

You will end up with six peach segments. However, you will only need five (or even four for some, I made some smaller peaches with four segments) segments per peach. Put the extras aside so you can make a fun multi-patterned peach at the end.

How to sew fabric peaches

Take two of the segments and place them right sides together. You can pin them together if you want, but I do not like to, so I don’t. 🙂 Using a 1/8″ seam allowance, sew along the curve.

Sew two sets of these leaf shaped segments. Then turn them right side out.

Sew the peach seam by hand

Next, place your sewing machine to the side as you will sew these two pairs together with a gathering stitch by hand. This gathering stitch gives us a more defined look of the seam on the peach. Thread a needle with some thread, use a neutral or coordinating color if possible.

Hold the two segments right sides together at tip, nestling the two seams together. Push the needle through the seams and pull the thread through.

Sew a gathering stitch along one side. You can sew a gathering stitch by rocking your needle back and forth and stitching on either side of the two peices you are sewing together. See the picture below for reference. You can gather the fabric together along the thread, hence the name.

Stitch until you hit the other side and gather some of the fabric together before tying off the thread with several knots. Turn the fabric right side out and you can see that this stitch makes it look like the line (or seam) in a peach. 🙂

Now you can add the 5th segment to the peach for a more plump peach, or just leave the peach as four segments for a smaller peach. If you look at some of the pictures at the beginning of the post, you can see some of the peaches are smaller. If you choose to sew a 5th segment onto your peach, do so now by sewing it onto one side of the peices you have already sewn together. Line it up, right sides together with one of the end segments, making sure to backstitch on both ends.

The last step is to sew the last seam closed, however you want to leave an opening so we can fill the peach with Poly-fil stuffing. Starting at the top of the peach, sew the seam closed about an inch and backstitch at the end. Next turn the peach around and repeat on the bottom of the peach. You want to leave about an opening that is about 1-1.5″ in length. Turn the peach right side out.

Fill the fabric peach with stuffing

Take your peach and add the Poly-fil stuffing to it. You will want to add until it is plump, it always takes more than you think it will.

This opening will have to be hand sewn shut with a ladder stitch, so thread your needle again like earlier. Insert your needle to start the seam from the inside at the start of the opening. This will leave your knot and extra thread on the inside of the peach so you can’t see it.

Fold the edges of the opening in and hold the two edges together with your fingers. Start the ladder stitch by running your needle into the fold on one side. Pull the needle and thread through, then repeat on the other side, overlapping your stitches by just a bit. Pull the thread tight and it will close the opening with an invisible seam. You can also see this in the video, but if you need further instruction, just google how to sew a ladder stitch.

You are left with a plump peach. See how the gathering stitch resembles a deep seam of a peach more so than the regular sewn seams?

Add leaves to the fabric peaches

To make some leaves, cut a one inch strip of an olive green felt sheet. Cut that strip into four pieces, they don’t have to be exactly the same size.

Cut the rectangles into leaf shapes, just eyeballing it. They don’t have to be perfect, in fact, I think it is better if they don’t look exactly the same.

This next step is optional, but I think it added to the look of the peach. Using a coordinating green thread, I sewed a line down the center of each leaf to make it look more realistic.

You could just hot glue the leaves on, but I thought it looked better to sew them on. This way I was able to pull them tightly into the top of the peach and knot it on the bottom of the peach. Thread a needle and insert it into the tips of both leaves, one on top of the other.

On the top of the peach, push the needle in just behind the junction of the seams. Push the needle all the way through the peach and come out the center of the bottom. Pull the thread tightly to sink the leaves into the top a bit, and knot the thread like 4-5 times. You don’t want it to pull back through the fabric.

The last step is to hot glue a small twig for the stem onto the center of the top of the peach.

Use your fabric peaches for decoration

These fabric peaches are great for summer decorating! They would also be cute to use for wedding or birthday party decor, nursery decor or in your kitchen! What do you think of these cute little peaches? Can you think of anything else you could use them for?