Pillows are quite common in homes, with many people enjoying the comfort of holding them while watching TV. They can also be paired with sofas, but store-bought pillows tend to be relatively monotonous. In fact, you can enhance the pillows you buy with some DIY touches. This home DIY guide takes you through various customized pillows.
As a beginner in fabric crafts, the simplest project is probably making pillows of various sizes. Pillows are mostly sewn with straight stitches, and then decorated with various materials you have. Straight stitching can be done by hand or machine, but it is a step that must be practiced first. You can practice hand-sewing straight stitches on scrap fabric or machine-sewing straight stitches on a sewing machine. It’s not particularly difficult; it’s just a matter of practice making perfect.
The image above shows a simple square pillow with many non-woven fabric flowers sewn onto it. To create these non-woven fabric flowers, you need to draw one on cardboard, cut out a template, and then use this template to draw many of these flower shapes on non-woven fabric. After drawing, cut out the flowers along the lines and sew them onto the pillow with a needle and thread. Non-woven fabric, also known as non-woven cloth, eliminates worries about fraying or thread loss.
Embroidery + Patchwork + Lace = Beautiful Pillows. The stems are outlined with outline embroidery, and the small flowers are embroidered with French knot stitches, which have been introduced in previous articles and videos.
If you are a knitting enthusiast, you will surely have many small pieces of yarn. Turn them into various colored flowers by crocheting. Then, sew the small flowers onto the pillow to create a unique and beautiful pillow adorned with flowers.
If you find it too complicated to draw flowers, you can always draw circles. Use various sizes of wine and tea cups inverted on non-woven fabric to draw and cut out circles of different sizes. Place a smaller circle on a larger one, add a button you like in the middle, and sew it onto the pillow. With little effort, you will have a beautiful pillow blooming with flowers.
When you have a rich variety of non-woven fabric colors at home, you can create pillows as lively and cute as the one shown above, which children should find quite appealing.
If you enjoy embroidery, even better, you can create a luxurious and flowery embroidered pillow as shown in the image above.
Ribbon embroidery pillows are a good choice because they allow you to complete a work quickly, unlike traditional embroidery, which requires thousands of stitches to complete a single flower. For those lacking patience, ribbon embroidery is an excellent option.
The image above is a cute applique embroidery. Cut out your favorite patterns, baste them onto the pillow fabric, and embroider the surrounding outline with a lock stitch, and you’re done.
If you like the frayed edge effect, it’s even simpler for you. Just sew a circle along the pattern using the running stitch.
Below are examples of handmade pillows sewn with various techniques and materials. Friends can take a look and then start designing their own pillows.
