If you are looking for a quick and easy way to add a little touch of Valentine’s Day goodness to your home… I’ve got a couple of projects for you this week.
I created these pillows last year for the Crafts Unleashed blog. It would be perfect for a teen to make, a dorm room or even a “Mommy and Me” project.
The supplies and directions to make all three of the pillows above (2 heart shaped and 1 square with hearts on it) will be posted here on The Creative Goddess blog today and Wednesday. Then, you can choose which ones you want to make! 🙂
Supplies:
2 white bandannas
1 red bandanna
Sparkly Sequins iron-on Heart
Fabri-Tac – perfectly suitable for those who don’t sew
Other Supplies:
Cricut Expressions with the George & Basic Shapes cartridge
Fusible webbing or iron-on adhesive
Pillow stuffing
Sewing machine (optional), thread, scissors, iron, ironing board,
Following manufacturer instructions iron the fusible webbing or iron-on adhesive to the back side of a red bandanna.
Cut the bandanna with paper backing to a 12 by 12 inch size to fit the Cricut cutting mat.
Load it into the machine and cut out hearts just like you would on paper.
If you don’t have a Cricut you can still make this project. Find a heart stencil (or make one of your own) and draw hearts on the paper backing and cut them out by hand with scissors.
Iron the two white bandannas flat. On one bandanna lay the cut out hearts on the front in a pleasing arrangement. Notice I also included the sequin heart iron-on.
Iron all of the pieces to the front of the bandanna.
Next, place one bandanna over the other with the right sides facing each other and pin.
I made a couple of these pillows and the print on both bandannas never lines up exactly the same but don’t worry because once the pillow is filled you will never know.
Cut away excess fabric. I am going to sew the pillow around the outside black line so I cut about 1/2 inch off all around.
Now you have a choice. You can machine stitch, hand stitch or use fabri-tac and stitch/glue the two pieces of fabric together. If you are using fabri-tac I recommend having several small clip style clothes pins on hand to hold the fabric together while the glue dries.
Leave a small opening on one side for inserting the filling and turn the pillow right side out.
Fill the pillow and whip stich or glue the opening closed.
Bandannas are an affordable crafting fabric but these pillows can be made from lots of different fabrics. Small projects like this are perfect stash busters! 🙂
Here is a list of other No Sew Valentine’s Day Fabric Crafts:
Valentine’s Day – Small Heart Shaped Bandanna Toss Pillows
Disclosure: Some of the products for this post were provided by Consumer Crafts.
Bandanna prints–they’re just so eye catching.
I teach fourth grade and we used to do a bandanna paper craft, but we used bleach and it just wasn’t the best idea–thought the kids loved the results.
Sigh.