DIY felt pillows

If you want to save on the purchase of bedding, decorate your home interior, make it individual with inexpensive and simple means, then use the products made with your own hands. There are a lot of ideas on our site that will help you make original felt pillows with your own hands, and here it is not at all necessary to have great experience in needlework or some kind of innate gift. In this article we will describe how such products are sewn, consider in detail all the stages of the work associated with cutting fabrics and assembling constituent elements.

Important! Skilled housewife on the shoulder a lot. Sewing ottomans or sofa covers is easy, and knitting sock hats also. But if you are a beginner, then it’s difficult to do without advice. It was for such hostesses that we picked up topics of master classes that will help to establish a life in your home:

• DIY home decor.
• Sew bedding with your own hands. Sizes, schemes.
• Do-it-yourself quilt.

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Where to start an inexperienced master?

Not always given the opportunity to sew the original pillow, as in the bedroom, in the form of pillowcases and pillows. That is why you should pay maximum attention to the choice of the main material and packing. One way or another, the pillow puts you to sleep, so definitely someone will once fall asleep on it. Often we get so tired that we just fall off our feet, and we don’t have time to think about washing our hair or washing our face, so the skin should be easy to clean.

Important! Even better when there is an opportunity to remove the packing and wash the cover.

The filler itself must maintain its hygienic qualities for as long as possible, be elastic and supple.

Important! The question of how to choose the right filler for the pillow often bothers novice decor masters, because how long the product will delight you depends on its quality. All about the types of filler we have collected in our articles. Read and take note:

• Filler for pillows.
• Floor cushions in the interior of your home.

Therefore, think carefully before using this or that material for work. Ideal for making decorative pillows, felt is a special non-woven fabric made from natural or artificial wool fibers:

• It is convenient and easy to use.
• At the edges it does not crumble when cut, it can be glued on either side, because it does not have either the front or the wrong side.
• It is incredibly pleasant and warm to the touch.

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DIY felt owl pillow

Decorative owl pillows have long been in demand, they have become an indispensable part of modern interiors. Such products are perfectly combined with upholstered furniture, give the home environment a special mood and flavor. During rest, such a pillow can be put under the back to make it more comfortable. We bring to your attention two master classes on how to sew a felt pillow in the shape of an owl.

First option

Materials required for work:

• Felt.
• Terry cloth.
• Small pieces of linen and cotton.
• Needle and thread.
• Synthetic winterizer.

Sew the product using this technique:

1. Draw an owl or print a ready-made template with bird outlines, which can be found on the Internet.
2. Transfer all the details to the fabric, cut them out. To make the body, use a terry cloth to make the pillow soft.Wings can be made from linen or cotton. The mouth, beak and eyes can be cut out of felt, because this material does not need additional processing.
3. To make the pillow more interesting, make pockets that can also be used as an organizer.
4. Sew on one part of the base the details of the eyes, mouth and beak.
5. Connect both parts of the owl, sew them, turn them on the front side, fill them with padding polyester. Do not forget to sew a hole through which the product was stuffed.
6. Sew wings to the pillow.

Second option

To implement the second idea, you will need:

• Felt.
• Teak.
• Threads.
• Scissors.
• Paper.
• Pencil.
• Synthetic winterizer.
• Textile glue.

Complete the work as follows:

• Decide on the size of the future product, cut out from a newspaper or paper a square corresponding to the intended dimensions. This will help shape the contours of the pillow. Search the Internet or draw an owl outline template yourself.
• Cut four identical parts: 2 for a cover, 2 for a bedcloth.

Important! Remember the front and back side, as well as the seam allowances.

• Cut the owl's eyes and nose out of felt. Using a sewing machine, sew them to the case. Cut cilia out of leatherette to give expressiveness to the eyes of the owl. Glue them on top.
• Sew a zipper to the bottom of the cover, then fold the owl face down and stitch it around the perimeter. Also make legs, sew them.
• Sew a napkin, stuff it with a padding polyester.
• Collect the owl from the finished parts.

Important! However, felt material is multifunctional. And if you liked working with this material, try something new:

• DIY felt paintings.
• DIY felt baskets patterns.

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Felt Pillow with Appliques

In this section, we will present another interesting master class, which will describe how to sew a pillow from felt with your own hands step by step. You will not need patterns for work, all templates can be done independently. A cute accessory with appliques will decorate your home, make it more comfortable and truly stylish.

Prepare such materials and tools:

• Ordinary pillow.
• Woolen felt of several shades.
• Threads are the same color as felt.
• Red fabric for making pillowcases.
• Sewing machine.
• Zipper across the width of the product.
• Yarn for pompons.
• Cardboard.
• Needles.
• Scissors.
• Sewing pins.

Make a pillow following these instructions:

• Making parts for pillowcases. The first thing you need to do is make this element so that it matches the dimensions of the pillow in size. Measure it, take a cloth, make all necessary measurements. For the pillowcase, cut two parts, do not forget to leave an indent for hemming, 1 cm on each side.
• Cutting parts for application. Download the floral applique template from the Internet, print it.

Important! You can increase or decrease its size using the graphical editor.

• Cutting out applications from felt. Cut flower elements from the blank. On a piece of felt, place paper parts, use pins to fasten them. Circle the paper elements on the fabric with chalk, carefully cut the blanks. With pins on the front of the pillowcase, attach the parts received.
• Sewing on applique. On a sewing machine, sew an application of felt in the following order: stem, leaves, petals, center. Use a straight stitch at 3 mm intervals.

Important! Remember that each part must be sewn with a thread of the appropriate color.

• Pillowcase assembly. Take both parts of the pillowcase, sew a zipper on one side. Cut off all excess, seal the edges of the pillowcase with an extra line. Sew together the remaining sides of this part.
• Adding pompons. The pillow is almost ready, it remains only to decorate the edges with small pompons to give it originality. Draw two rings on a paper with a compass. Connect them, wrap with thick yarn.Then cut the yarn around the circle from the outside. Fasten the pieces of thread in the middle with a long thread, tie into a knot. Spread the ends of the threads to make a nice pompom. Cut the protruding threads. Make four pompons in the same way, sew them on each corner of the pillow.
• Insert the pillow into the pillowcase, then close the zipper.

DIY decorative pillow made of felt is ready! Such a product looks simply charming.

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Due to the combination of felt and fabrics of various bright shades, the pillow will turn out in the Scandinavian style, will give the house a warm, ordinary people. Therefore, do not be afraid to show your imagination in working with such materials that are easy to process.