I'm really happy about how well this project turned out, especially since I haven't done any embroidery since I was about eleven. It was really simple and fun, and you can embroider any text you want.
Materials:
Pillow form or Polyfill
2 Pieces of Fabric (enough to cover your pillow form): I used some cream colored stuff from the quilting bin at Walmart.
Black Embroidery Floss.
Needles
Pins
Thread (to match your fabric)
A computer and printer
- Type your text in your desired font and size (I used 72 point American Typewriter font). I hit space between every letter, which made it a lot easier to embroider.
- Print out your text and cut off the excess paper.
- Pin the text to one piece of fabric; you should be able to make out the text through the fabric.
- Using Satin Stitch, embroider your text onto the fabric. You should be actually stitching through the paper- don't worry, it will rip off easily when you're done.
- Press both pieces of fabric (just make sure you've gotten all the paper off!)
- Pin them together (wrong side out) and stitch three sides together.
- I pressed it again, but that's optional.
- Turn right way out and stuff with polyfill or insert pillow form.
- Sew up the open side
- Voila! You now have a snazzy new pillow.
This is my first crafty tutorial, so I hope you guys enjoy it!
It is a lovely pillow. And you get extra points for not spelling "Voila!" as "Viola!" (which seems to be the standard internet spelling of that word -- people going around rhetorically pointing at stringed instruments that aren't there).
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