I made this little pillow the other night.
I guess I didn’t realize that St. Patrick’s Day is so close!
But you could actually make this pillow for any occasion — just change the word out to whatever you want to say.
This is a basic, envelope pillow which requires no zipper. Cheryl from A Pretty Cool Life has a great 10-minute Pillow Cover Tutorial that will show you how to make one.
I used my Silhouette to make the word “Lucky” and I had some left over pink heat transfer material left over from my Valentine’s Pillows, so I used that. But if you don’t have a Craft Cutter, you could stencil a word on your pillow. OR, write on it with Sharpie. Have you seen the Sharpie pillows from Dear Lillie?
I like the combination of pink and green — kind of preppy!
When you are using Heat Transfer material, be sure to flip your image {mirror image} on your settings.
I attached the word to my pillow cover with my iron.
Then I made a messy, textured arrangement.
To do this I took 5 different types of material. I ripped each strip of material 1 inch wide by 16 inches in length. I ripped 2 or three strips for each pattern of material. So I ended up with about 15 different strips of material. I also had a length of lace left over from a different project, so I added that too.
Then I made three Rolled Flowers. I have a detailed Rolled Flower tutorial here if you want directions on how to make these.
I love adding these little rolled flowers to all sorts of projects. They are very versatile. Then I looped the material up in a messy arrangement and sewed a few straight stitches across all of the strips with my sewing machine to anchor them all in place.
The last thing I did was take a needle and thread and sew on the three rolled flowers on top of the arrangement. I also put some fabric glue under each of the flowers to make sure they were really attached well.
So that’s my Quick and Easy 30 Minute Textured Embellishment Pillow.
You could make one with your daughter’s name on it or one for Spring with —
BLOOM, WELCOME or HAPPY{instead of Lucky} and stick it on a chair on your front porch!
I was also thinking the embellishment might be fun to make into a brooch or a headband…
I hope you are having a Wonderful Week 🙂
I’m linking up to the Spring Fling!!
I’m linking up to the Spring Fling!!
xoxo
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Courtneybee says
Adorable! What font did you use? I love it and must have it!
this blessed nest says
this is fantastic!
there's so much i still need to learn about that silhouette machine. the embellishment is so fun.
thanks so much for linking up & spreading the word. you are the best.
did you decide if you are going to cover your couch? i'm just curious, because i am kindof thinking about it myself.
thanks again for linking up.
😉
kellie
Dear Lillie says
Thanks so much for mentioning our sharpie pillows! Have been meaning to send you an e-mail for about two weeks now – ahhh! Will hopefully get to it tonight. Hope you are doing well!
CreationsForEleanor says
What a great idea, I need to order some heat transfer from Silhouette. Thanks for sharing!
Stephanie {Luxe Boulevard} says
This is AWESOME!
Beverly @ FlamingoToes.com says
Oh my gosh Jen that is so cute!! I love the little strip flower arrangement – so fun and whimsical!!! I think that's so perfect for spring!
MiMi says
So cute, Jen!
Kristen says
Love it! Now only if I can get my ancient Singer to work again, I could make one! I fought with it all night last night, and it won.
~hearts~
Kristen
http://craftingwithtrainingwheels.blogspot.com/
Mom in High Heels says
That is so cute, but if I made one of those, our youngest dog (a 1 year old pug) would probably spend her days chewing the embellishments off. Sigh.
notyet100 says
too good,..
Marianne@Songbird says
Very cute pillow. I have been sewing pillows too lately. But seeing how cute this one turned out, I think there is at least another one in my future.
theUngourmet says
So cute! I have fabric and pillows sitting out in my garage waiting to be put together. I'd love to try the ribbons and flowers…such a fun and whimsical touch! 😉
Lauren @ YoungNester says
This is really a cute pillow! I would love for you to stop by and link up to my Ten Buck Tuesday link party (it lasts all week)!
Karen says
So adorable! I love the combo of pink and green too. So fun:)
Cerise says
Love it! Thanks for the tutorial!
Carmen @ Life with Sprinkles on Top says
This is super cute! I love the embellishments. 🙂
Outofmymind says
SO FUN!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!! Thanx for inspiring all of us!
Liberty says
This is so stinkin' cute!! I love the combination of the fabrics and dimension!
xxoo,
Liberty
Andrea @ Keepin it Thrifty says
Jen! So cute!!!!!
XOXOXO
reasonstoskipthehousework says
Jen,
This is super cute! Only 30 minutes? You rock! I'd love for you to link up on my new Link Party – Tuesday Time Out!
http://reasonstoskipthehousework.blogspot.com/2011/03/tuesday-time-out-link-up-party.html
Smiles,
Melanie
http://reasonstoskipthehousework.blogspot.com
bethanndodd says
I am going to make a Spring one this week! Thanks for the inspiration. Oh, and FANTASTIC entertainment center re-do. You are so amazing!
bethanndodd says
I am going to make a Spring one this week! Thanks for the inspiration. Oh, and FANTASTIC entertainment center re-do. You are so amazing!
Natalie says
So cute! I love it! I just posted about a super easy pillow tonight too! Would love it if you wanted to take a look!
http://aturtleslifeforme.blogspot.com/2011/03/easiest-pillow-evah.html
Denyse...xoxo says
I just love this pillow and the colors…I absolutely adore vinyl decals…I have a silhouette on my wish list which might not be a good thing…lol
Denyse
http://mydailyphotojourney.blogspot.com/
lauren@warmandfuzzy says
This is adorable..I love it…and looks so easy that I could do it even though I dont sew 😉
Cheryl @ a pretty cool life. says
So cute! Thanks for linking my tute 🙂
xoxo