Season of love...No Sew DIY pillows!

I love decorating for the holidays. It's fun and festive and just makes my heart happy. Speaking of hearts...let's talk about these pillows!! I grabbed my bestie, Abby, and we got to work!

Today we will show you how to make this striped heart pillow and this sequin arrow pillow!

Materials for the Striped Heart pillow:
           1 pre-made 18" pillow case for a throw pillow. We found these at Hobby Lobby and chose the               light tan.
           Iron on black rick-rack
           Heat N' Bond fusible adhesive
           1 8.5 x 11 sheet of red felt
           iron
           scissors

Step 1: Lay out your pillow case and iron out the creases. Keep the iron on, you will need it again!

Step 2: Lay out your black rick-rack and plan where you want to put your stripes. Then iron your stripes in place and cut the excess.

Step 3: Fold your red felt in half and draw 1/2 a heart along the folded side. When you cut it out, you will have a full, symmetrical heart!

Step 4: Grab your Heat N' Bond fusible adhesive.  Lay your heart on the adhesive sheets and then cut out the adhesive sheet so you have enough to cover the felt. Identify the "rough" side of the adhesive and place that side on the felt. Iron the adhesive sheet to the felt to adhere. Do more "pressing and holding" of the iron rather than moving it around a bunch.  After cutting the extra adhesive sheet from the heart it will look like this on the backside:

Step 5: Final step! Flip your heart over so the adhesive side is on your pillow case and centered. Iron the heart to the pillowcase. Again, use more pressing and holding.

Hi Abby!!!

After you are finished, insert an 18" pillow into the case and admire your work!

Materials for the Sequin Arrow pillow:

           1 pre-made 18" pillow case for a throw pillow. I chose light tan again.

           1 spool of gold sequins and 1 of red sequins

           No-Sew fabric glue

           Cardboard or plastic for the inside of the pillowcase

           scissors

Step 1: Lay out your pillow case and iron out the creases. Then place the cardboard inside the pillowcase. This will prevent the glue from seeping through and adhering the pillow together :)

Step 2: Plan out your sequin arrows. Get creative!

Step 3: Once you have planned and cut your sequins start applying glue. I put the glue directly on the pillow a little bit at a time. It seemed more manageable for me that way.

Step 4: I doubled up the sequins on the arrow heads to make them stand out more

Step 5: Let the glue and sequins dry flat, step back and admire your work! Insert an 18" pillow form and enjoy :)

We hope you love your new pillows as much as we enjoy ours!! 

xoxo,

Britttany