The sofa pillow is the item of the interior, which can be done without, but then the room will not be so comfortable and beautiful. Perhaps the absence of sofa pillows can only be noticed by a woman, she also strives for the house to be warm and comfortable.
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You can make a decorative pillow yourself, because it is so interesting and exciting! This lesson will not only cheer up and brighten up boring winter evenings, but also save, because you can make a pillow from the materials that will be found in every house.
Let's start with simple ideas - decor of sofa pillows. There are hundreds of options with which you can easily embody even the most daring ideas into reality. You will need much more time for some ideas. For example, if you plan to decorate the pillows with ribbons, beads or make crocheted covers, then for this you will have to spend not only a lot of time, but also simultaneously master the unfamiliar decoration technique.
DIY pillows decor
Do you have a couple of sofa pillows of boring colors? Conventional buttons will help you to revive this decor item. Take a pillow, a needle with a thread and a handful of multi -colored buttons. You can sew buttons both randomly and for a specific purpose. The buttons of dark shades on a light pillowcase will look good, and vice versa. Bright buttons will be combined with any shades of the pillow, the main thing is that a beautiful pattern is selected.
Buttons for sofa pillow
From the buttons you can “lay out” your own pattern, you can embroider your name, surname, funny face or flower. A pillow -shaped pillow or heart, decorated with buttons, looks beautiful. And you can generally “wrap” the pillow into any pillowcase and fasten it on bright large buttons. See how many various pillows can be made using ordinary buttons:
If you have an idea to combine two materials and instead of boring sewing buttons to diversify the canvas, prepare several multi -colored shreds. Let them be different in texture and colors, the more diverse the shreds, the more interesting the front part of the pillow will turn out.
For work, prepare:
- 10-15 different shreds;
- scissors;
- needle with threads;
- multi -colored buttons.
How to make a sofa pillow decor:
- First prepare the fabric. It needs to be cut into the same "pyathas", choose the size at your discretion. If the diameter of one circle is 5-7 centimeters, then you will have a small flower, and if 10-15, then it is enough to sew a small amount of multi-colored shreds.
- We will need circles of two diameters - for the flower and the middle itself.
- To make a flower from pieces of unnecessary fabric, with the help of a needle with a thread, collect the fabric so that your threads do not stick out from the front side. Get all the edges of the fabric from the wrong side.
- Insert the middle on top of each flower and sew the button. One decorative element is ready. By the same principle, make about 10-20 colors, and then sew them on the pillowcase of the sofa cushion arbitrarily or adhering to a certain ornament.
You should get such a pretty pillow:
You can not only make the decor of the sofa pillows, but also sew the pillow of the desired size yourself, and it can be a non -standard square shape. Try to sew a sofa pillow with your own hands from an old T -shirt or men's shirt. Even a beginner can cope with the first option, since a knitted T -shirt is an almost ready pillow.
For work you will need:
- a knitted T -shirt with a short sleeve, preferably striped, peas or flower. You can choose a plain T -shirt;
- scissors;
- filler for the pillow;
- lightning;
- sewing machine (or needle with a thread);
- buttons.
How to make a pillow with your own hands:
- We will need to cut off the lower part. How much - will depend on the desired size of the pillow and the original size of the T -shirt. If you have a teenage t -shirt, then you don’t need to cut anything at all. If the T -shirt is long, then cut off the excess and fuele the lower part.
- To the bottom, we outline the zipper and stitch it on a typewriter.
- The sleeves also need to be delayed.
- It remains to turn our blank inside and fill it with a synthetic winterizer.
- When this part of the work is completed, you can sew the buttons and fasten the zipper.
Everything, our unusual pillow with the "ears" is ready! You can add several stylish elements and an original decorative pillow for a teenager will get from a regular T -shirt.
Divine pillow tapes
The decor of sofa pillows can be performed using ordinary satin ribbons, and you can take both thin and wide ribbons. Wide satin stripes with thin velvet ribbons are well combined with each other.
By embroidery with tapes, you can make an original inscription, embroider patterns or flowers from ribbons or simply wrap a wide tape of the pillow and make a rose of fabric or wide tape on top. Such an original gift can be presented on the day of lovers, by March 8 or to any other date.
You can make an interesting pillowcase on a sofa pillow made of satin ribbons - take multi -colored ribbons and our pillowcase. You can weave the tapes of several colors among themselves, this technique is called - weaving ribbons. To make you get a beautiful pillow, first decide on the color scheme to buy the desired set of tapes. To navigate the shades, pay attention to your interior, it may not have enough bright shades in it or it is worth repeating one or two color again.
What else is needed for the pillow:
- multi -colored satin ribbons;
- cotton Cut for lining;
- the backbone for the pillow is any neutral fabric;
- threads in tone;
- scissors;
- pins;
- sewing machine.
Before proceeding to the most responsible moment and completely immerse yourself in work, it is necessary to consider the color and size of the tapes. You can use a tape of one width or select several colorful strips with a width of 1 to 4 centimeters.
To make it convenient to work, prepare a table or other surface with a soft coating (foam or cork is suitable). On such a movable surface, it will be convenient to consolidate the needles-bulances. If nothing suitable was found, cover the sofa with a light plain fabric (you can use a sheet) and work on it.
Master class on the manufacture of a sofa pillow:
- Make a blank of fabric of a suitable size. It will be our lining. The standard pillowcase is 50 by 50 centimeters, but you can sew a pillow of other sizes.
- Now you need to prepare the ribbons: reward with an iron each tape (at low temperature).
- Immediately cut the ribbons so that they are the same length.
- Then you need to lay out the ribbons in a given sequence. If you do not adhere to the geometric pattern, then let the stripes are randomly.
- Now open a box with pins and hold them nearby. Put the ribbons and fasten on top with pins. The lower edges of the tape should remain free.
- And now the most interesting. The ribbons need to be lifted and drawn through the other. Look at the drawing to understand how this is done. In the process, a combination of shades will immediately be seen. If you see that these shades are not suitable, at the initial stage you can remove these tapes and change them to others.
- Each tape at the end should be fixed with a pin. Start working from the left edge, and then weave the right.
- Thus, “get it up” to the end and fix the ribbons with pins. The extra edges can be cut.
- Now you need to stitch along the edge of the workpiece and ribbons. To make the work more accurately, it is better to put the ribbons in advance to the lining with large stitches.
- Now you need to sew the future pillowcase and stroke the tapes to the lining. The second part of the pillowcase - the back is sewn from two blanks.
- To create a single style and repeat the decorative element in the pillow, sew two ribbons to the back instead of ordinary buttons or lightning. Tie them with a “bow”.
It remains to turn inside out the finished pillowcase and put it on the pillow.
Patterns of sofa pillows
If you are a newcomer in a sewing business and only recently acquired a sewing machine, then it is better to start knowing this art gradually, from simple to complex. You can just sew a sofa pillow. To make you get a good pillow, it is better to use the finished pattern.
What sofa pillows can be made, look at the photo:
Do -it -yourself decorative sofa pillows
What could be easier than sewing a pillowcase of old clothes? Did your favorite jeans become small for you or have gone out of fashion for a long time? Do not be upset, you can sew an excellent sofa pillow from them. Pillows of shirts, old jeans or sweaters will look very stylish and decorate your interior. To make an individual and unique sofa pillow, it is enough to spend quite a bit of effort and time. In this matter, the main thing is to be able to make an even seam on a sewing machine.
A knitted pillow of old sweaters will look very beautiful and comfortable. In addition, you can use old scarves, and even stoles. You will need a minimum of time. Pre -wipe and dry the sweater.
Lay it on a horizontal surface. Cut the neck and sleeves. Now put the pillow to the edge of the sweater, so you will “save” on one seam. You will need to do not 4, but only 3 seams. Cut the square or rectangle of the desired size and simply stitch the edge on the sewing machine from the wrong side of the edge. That's all, a beautiful pillow is ready. If you do not have a suitable pillow, then it is not difficult to make it yourself from a piece of the same old sheet or men's shirt. You can fill the pillow with any filler: synthetic winterizer, buckwheat with husk or feather.
How to sew the basis for the sofa pillow
A decorative pillowcase can be different, but if there is no basis, then you will have to sew it yourself. First, select the appropriate material, it can be a fabric for chloride or any other dense fabric. Len, velvet and even silk are suitable. Of course, you can sew a sofa pillow of new fabric, but when there are a lot of unnecessary things at home, then why spend extra money.
It is also necessary to think over the material of the filler in advance. They may be a synthetic winterizer (from an old blatant blanket, or an old children's jacket). You can also use fluff, silicone or old yarn as a filler. The most important rule is that the pillow should keep the shape and not crush into the “pancake”.
The pattern can be made independently and in size. The main thing to follow is to the finished size (for example, 40x40 centimeters), you need to add 2-3 centimeters to the seams. The edges are processed on a typewriter or manually.
How to sew a pillow:
- Fold the fabric with the face inward and sew both parts. To make the seam strong, make it double.
- At first, three sides are sewn, but the fourth is not completely. You need to leave 10 centimeters for filler.
- The pillow needs to be turned and put inside the “filling”. Now the hole can be sewn.
The workpiece for the sofa pillow is ready, it remains to sew a decorative pillowcase and decorate your interior.
