How to sew a foam pillow?

Nowadays, bedding is quite expensive. Therefore, many take on their own production, because in this case it is possible not only to save money, but also to decorate the interior at your own discretion, to make it individual using inexpensive and simple means. When looking at photos of home-made pillows, for example, you might think that they need a lot of experience or innate skills to make them. In fact, everything is much simpler. This article will help you with this, you will overcome all your fears, and as a result you will get a chic pillow. You will need a minimum of time, effort, improvised means to understand how to sew a pillow from foam rubber, and to realize this idea.

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What materials and tools are needed for sewing pillows?

To find interesting models of interior pillows that can decorate any house decorated in any style is simple. Below you will be offered a selection of the most successful options for how to sew a foam pillow. But first, you should take care of preparing everything that you may need in the process of doing the work. Now in more detail.

the cloth

Of course, what could be more important than fabric. In the case of home pillows, there are no special restrictions on the choice of fabric, the main thing is that you should be comfortable working with it, the finished product looked spectacular. Therefore, the imagination should be turned on to the maximum.

Materials used for upholstery are suitable for this, for example:

• cotton and linen;
• felt;
• canvas or denim.

You can also use fur with short or long hair.

Important! It is recommended to be careful about knitwear. Decorative pillows sew even from old clothes.

Stuffing

Filling the pillows with cotton is not recommended, because it quickly gets off. A synthetic winterizer is great, but over time it decreases in volume, in particular, when products are used for other purposes.

The best option is a synthetic fluff or firework. These materials are unique because:

• do not go astray;
• do not caking;
• do not cause allergies;
• even after washing, restore the usual splendor and volume.

You can buy them at any fabric store. Naturally, you will need more foam rubber, which is sold in construction stores and can have different thicknesses.

Decor

The choice of decor depends on the flight of your imagination. There are a lot of ready-made fittings for decorating homemade pillows, so feel free to choose:

• More often today, we use ribbons, ribbons, buttons, laces, buckles, sequins, lace, zippers as accessories.
• Some details for the decor can be made independently, for example, to make bows, appliqués, even voluminous flowers from fabric.
• For decoration also use special acrylic paints for fabrics.

Thread

Be sure to prepare for sewing threads that are clearly selected according to the thickness and color of the base material. In addition, you may need more threads for knitting or floss to sew decorative details or seams by hand.

Instruments

Where without them. Prepare:

• needles;
• scissors;
• marker;
• pencil;
• handle;
• paper to build patterns.

Important! If you knit some elements, then you need knitting needles or a hook. In the case of embroidery, special tools will also be required. It is advisable to find a sewing machine.

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DIY pillow making ideas

Now we turn to the most important, that is, the process of making decorative pillows. They can have a very different shape, size, color, texture. We will give you several options on how to make a foam pillow, you just have to choose the most successful of them.

Heart pillow

She will look incredibly original, delicate, stylish. The pillow itself is the most ordinary, made of two square-shaped halves. The most important thing here is the decoration:

1. It is necessary to cut out circles from the fabric. It is very important that it does not crumble, because the edges will not be processed.
2. Then wrap one circle with the other so that you end up with a flower.
3. At the base, secure the folds with thread.
4. When the desired number of flowers is ready, you can lay out of them on the pillow the heart, starting with the contour, gradually completely filling its inner part.
5. It remains only to fluff the flowers with your hands.

Important! Fasten the flowers as tight as possible so that the heart turns out to be voluminous, thick.

Pillow cushion

Such a pillow made of foam rubber, made with all your tenderness, care, love, will help you to relax, relax, truly decorate your home, diluting it with oriental notes.

The manufacturing process for this product includes three important steps:

1. The first stage is the roller. Take pieces of foam rubber, carefully roll them up, sew them together along the long side, using a thick, dense thread. Or you can form a hollow cylinder from pieces, fill it with woolen goods inside.
2. The second stage is the cover. The main thing is that it fits tightly on the roller, so it is recommended to make it a little smaller in size. Measure the length and width of the roller, add a few centimeters per seam to these values. As a result, you get a pattern that needs to be folded in half and along so that the front side is inside. Make a line at each edge, but so that the middle remains open. Then lightning will be sewn here. Turn out the finished cover, sew on it a tight lace or decorative braid.
3. The third stage is the end parts. It is necessary specifically for them to carve out several strips of fabric, adding one and a half centimeters to allowances. The length of the strip should correspond to the circumference of the roller, the width of the radius of this circle. Then you should connect the short ends and sew. Sew the ends to the cover, then sew. Sewing must be as tight as possible to the braid. It remains only to bend and stitch the raw edges, thread cords and ribbons into the drawstring. We insert the roller in the case, tightly tighten the ribbon on the sides. You can sew decorations on top at your discretion.

Bright pillow on the floor

Such a product will serve you for many years faithfully. It is floor pillows that are especially popular today, because they not only decorate interiors, but also use them for seating.

A comfortable pillow can be sewn from triangular fabric sectors. It is important that all sectors are made of the same material, but in different shades:

1. It is necessary to cut out the required number of triangles from the fabric, cut corners in them so that the finished product is more voluminous.
2. Then the sectors are stitched on all sides, both sides are connected facing each other. The main thing - do not forget to leave holes for stuffing.
3. It remains to unscrew the cover, fill it with prepared filler, sew up the hole.

Everything, you can sit on the pillow!

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Stock footage

Get inspired, create, fantasize about your health! By the way, you should not try to make just such pillows, as you saw somewhere in the picture, it is better to implement each idea in its own way, so that the product turns out to be unique.