I started making this about a year ago to test my mini sewing machine. (It was not that great, and I would recommend just a standard size machine, even for a beginner.) It is a letter "L" shaped cushion with my daughters name Lily embroidered. It was really easy to make and no template is needed. I just used a quilting ruler.

Materials: plain pink cotton, floral pale pink cotton, matching threads, purple fabric glitter pen