It's hard to imagine modern life without such a wonderful thing as a pillow. It's no secret that a properly selected pillow will give you good and bright dreams.

In stores you can find a huge number of different pillows, including toy pillows. Let's figure out together what they are and how you can make them yourself.

What is a toy pillow

As the name suggests, a toy pillow is a pillow made in the shape of a soft toy (most often some kind of animal). You can play with such a pillow, take it with you to bed, sit on it or lie on the floor. Such a pillow can be an excellent decoration for an interior made in a certain style.

The pillow is a boat.

The advantage of handmade toy pillows is that you can use leftover scraps or leftover wool to make them. In this case, the pillow will also perform a developmental function: the child will develop sensitivity, and the variety of colors will help him learn the names of colors.

For example, a pillow made in the shape of a car or a house with windows will help not only learn the names of colors, but also the names of geometric shapes.

Knitting pattern for a machine pillow

Sewing a toy pillow with your own hands is not at all difficult. You will need a pattern (which you can draw yourself or use our ideas), fabric, threads with a needle, if available, a sewing machine, knitting threads (if you want to make a knitted toy) and filler.

Pillow-toy “Cat” made of fabric

Pattern of a toy pillow in the shape of a cat

Crochet "Pigguin" pillow

Knitted horse pillows

When choosing materials for a toy, do not forget that they should not cause allergies and should not fade.

Choosing an idea for a pillow

Its shape will also depend on the purpose of the pillow.

Cushion cushion

Do you want to make a tight roll under your back? The ideas of a dachshund dog, a snake or a train will suit you.

Pattern of a toy pillow in the shape of a dog

Want to make a pillow for the road? Choose semicircular shapes: such a pillow can be placed under the child’s neck:

Pattern of the toy pillow “Giraffe”

How to make a pillow in the shape of a sweet donut, watch the video master class:

Sleep pillow

If the pillow is intended for sleeping, then you should not make hard, noticeably prominent eyes and nose. It is difficult to press your face against such a pillow and fall asleep. It's better to give preference soft tissues: fleece or flannel.

Pattern of a toy pillow in the shape of a sheep

Scops owl pillow

Seat cushion

Do you want your pillow to be able to sit on? Try to make it flatter.

Floor pillow

A long pillow can be placed on a window or on the floor to protect from drafts.

Pillow patterns in the shape of a cat and a dog

Pillow filler

When choosing filling for a toy pillow, there are several important things to remember.

Firstly, the toy should be quite light so that the child can carry it from place to place.

Secondly, such a pillow will have to be washed often. This means that the filler should wring out well and dry quickly. It is best to use synthetic fluff or holofiber for stuffing.

Another interesting option filler - special polystyrene ball filler (the same one that is used in muffin pillows).

And remember that handmade toy pillows are a unique product that will add comfort to your home and will undoubtedly please your child!

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Beautiful decorative pillows can liven up even the most discreet interior. They bring an atmosphere of comfort, home warmth and allow you to relax. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to decorate your home with them, because you can create these cute decorative elements yourself.

We have selected thematic master classes for you, from which you will learn how to sew the pillow of your dreams. Thanks to step-by-step photographs and detailed description Even a beginner can cope with this.

Volumetric heart made of roses

A handmade pillow can be a wonderful gift. Armed with imagination and a thread and a needle, you can even turn it into a unique Valentine’s card. We are offering to you step-by-step master class making an unusual pillow with a voluminous heart.

To work you will need:

• ready-made pillow of the desired size;
• fabric for roses, which does not require overcasting the cut;
• scissors;
• needle and thread.

Cut circles with a diameter of approximately 8 cm from the fabric; they may be slightly crooked and slightly different in size. This will only add volume and realism to the flowers.

Take the circle of fabric by the middle, gather it, forming folds as in the photo. Secure the workpiece in the desired position with a couple of stitches.

Sew another circle of fabric from the bottom, forming a voluminous bud.

Continue sewing circles onto the rose until you get a flower. the right size.

Prepare the remaining roses using the same scheme. Their number depends on the size of the flower heart.

Sew the flowers to the pillow starting with the outline of the heart.

Place the pieces tightly together so that there are no gaps between them. A magnificent heart is ready to conquer and conquer hearts.

This designer pillow will decorate the room of a capricious fashionista or become the highlight of your living room. And she will lift your spirits just by looking at her.

Fluffy pillow

An original pillow with fringe will fit well into any interior. Pleasant to the touch fleece will make it a favorite thing not only in the children's room.

To work you will need:

• fleece for the base of the pillow and fringe;
• filler;
• scissors;
• threads;
• pins;
• sewing machine.

Cut two 40 x 40 cm squares from fleece.

It is better to choose a fabric for fringe several colors of the same range- you will get a stylish transition between them. In our case, we use 10 strips of 37*10 cm in three shades of brown.

Fold each strip in half and cut the fringe.

Sew the first strip to the base of the pillow, 1 cm from the edges. This is the result you should get.

Next, bend the fringe to one side.

Sew a second strip next to it at a distance of approximately 1.5 cm from the first.

Continue sewing the fringe in the same way. Alternate dark stripes with light ones through several rows, achieving a beautiful and smooth transition colors.

Place a second square on top of the fringed piece and pin along the edges. Sew the pillow around the perimeter, leaving a small hole for stuffing.

Turn the pillow inside out and stuff it with filling. It is better to use padding polyester or holofiber. Natural materials, such as cotton wool and fluff, can clump over time and the product will lose its neat appearance.

Sew the opening with a blind stitch.

It turns out to be a very beautiful sofa cushion that will create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort in your home.

Pillow "Butterfly Wings"

We present to you detailed photo lesson on decorating interior pillows. Even if sewing is not your thing, you can easily master it: you will need a ready-made pillow for the job. Guided by step by step instructions, you will turn an ordinary pillowcase into a masterpiece of art design.

Pillow-toy “Owl”

Funny and bright owl - a win-win a gift for both adults and children. When such a cute bird settles in your baby’s bedroom, he will be happy not only to sleep with it, but also to play with it.

To work you will need:

• cotton in two colors;
• felt for eyes and beak;
• black buttons or beads for the pupils;
• ribbon for bow;
• chalk;
• threads;
• needle and pins for sewing;
• scissors;
• lace;
• filler.

Transfer the owl pattern to paper in the desired size.

Attach the pattern to the fabric and cut out necessary details, for the body and wings, make an allowance of 1 centimeter.

To decorate the toy, lace, bows and a wooden flower button are used. If you are using a pattern in life size, then cut out a rectangle of 8*16 cm and a square with a side of 4.5 cm for the bow, or change the size of these parts in proportion to the owl.

Sew the beak and lace using a zigzag stitch. The lace is placed in the center of the body, between the wings.

Using the same seam, sew on the wings and eyes. Hand attach the black pupil buttons.

Fold the parts of the owl's body right sides inward, secure with pins and sew. Leave a hole at the bottom between the wings for further manipulation.

Turn the toy inside out, iron it and fill it with stuffing. If you used ordinary scissors to cut out the parts, before turning them inside out, make neat notches near the ears and in all convex places so that the fabric does not tighten.

Sew the hole closed with a blind stitch.

You can do some decorating. Fold the square for the bow into a strip and iron it.

Fold the rectangle in half with the right side facing inward and sew, leaving a 1 cm seam allowance.

Turn it inside out, gather it in the middle and sew on the prepared strip, forming a bow. Sew it to the owl's ear.

Tie a bow from a small piece of ribbon, sew it and a wooden button to the body of the toy.

Such a cute owl will reliably guard your sleep.

Another idea to implement is to sew a respectable eagle owl according to this pattern. It’s enough just to show your imagination and choose the appropriate toy color scheme and design.

Pillow with applique “Cat in Love”

An elegant pillow with a cool applique is a wonderful gift for any occasion. With its help, you can confess your feelings or simply cheer up your loved one.

To work you will need:

• thick white pillowcase 35*35cm;
• cotton shreds in 4 colors;
• white interlining;
• iron;
• 3 green beads for eyes;
• threads to match the fabric;
• decorative braid.

Cut out two rectangles 17*13 cm- clouds around the cat and fish. In our case, they are white with orange polka dots. You can choose the color to suit your taste.

The cat's body is a rectangle 16*12 cm, orange with small white polka dots.

Cut a rectangle from white fabric 20*11 cm. From it you will get the eyes and thoughts of a cat.

Cut out a rectangle 10*5 cm made of green fabric for the body of the fish.

Fold the non-woven fabric with the adhesive side to the wrong side of the rectangles and iron them so that they stick together. This will make it easier to cut small parts and they will not crumble.

Cut out the blanks for the applique. You can use cardboard templates or immediately cut out parts from fabric.

Arrange the elements on the pillowcase and achieve the desired image. Mark the ground line using decorative tape. Choose the expression of the cat's loving eyes.

Once you have decided on the location of all the elements of the application, you can begin last stage. All that remains is to sew them to the pillowcase.

Using a small white zigzag stitch, stitch the outline of the white cloud to the polka dot cloud.

Using a green zigzag, sew the outline of the fish to the prepared two-layer cloud. Embroider the fish's fins and the outline of the head. Attach an eye bead.

Sew the parts of the cat with a fine zigzag using threads to match the fabric. IN last resort attach the eyes and embroider a mustache for him.

Embroidered paws will add even more charm to the animal. You can complement the applique with small flowers to make the composition more expressive.

The finished pillow will definitely take the crown place on the sofa in the living room and will become the star of your interior.

Scops owl pillow “Sleeping kitten”

Want even more cats? We are offering to you interesting idea for creativity: sew a charming kitten, which by its very appearance will evoke slumber and peace.

To work you will need:

• cotton fabric 3 colors;
• fleece;
• interlining;
• scissors;
• iron;
• filler;
• chalk or special marker for fabric;
• floss threads;
• 2 buttons;
• pins;
• pattern.

First of all, print out the kitten pattern on paper or redraw it by hand. Cut out all the elements.

Place the body pattern on the fabric, trace and cut it out with a 1 cm allowance. Place the part with the wrong side on the adhesive side of the interlining, secure with pins and cut out. Prepare the second piece of the fleece body in the same way.

Cut out the kitten's paws, ears and tail.

Remove the pins and iron the two-layer body parts so that the cotton adheres to the interlining.

Fold the parts of the ears, legs and tail in pairs with the right sides inward and sew them on a machine, leaving holes for turning them inside out. Cut the stitched blanks with curly scissors or make regular notches.

Turn the parts inside out and iron them, stuff them with filler. Sew the holes with a zigzag. Use pins to attach the resulting pieces to the front side of the cat's front. Sew them to the kitten's body using a zigzag.

Draw the cat's face with chalk.

Place the fleece piece (back) on top and secure it with pins. Sew the pieces together, leaving a small hole at the bottom for turning inside out. Trim the seam allowances with curly scissors or make regular notches.

Turn the workpiece right side out and iron it. Fill the toy with filler and sew up the hole left earlier with a hidden seam.

Sew the upper legs and buttons for decoration to the body.

Embroider the nose and closed eyes with floss threads.

A soft scops owl cat is looking for his loving owner. Such for a pet everyone will be happy. He will happily settle in both a child’s crib and a cozy living room.

Do you feel the strength and desire to create, but still consider yourself a beginner? We bring to your attention an educational video from which you will learn how to sew a funny one yourself cat pillow from a regular pillowcase. An original pattern, a minimum of active actions, a little decor and imagination - and you will get an elegant cat or a mischievous cat.

Using the same principle, you will get a cheerful hare; you just need to make the ears longer.

Download even more funny cat patterns to bring your wildest creative ideas to life. Such cute little animals will be a wonderful decoration for your home or cottage, as well as an original gift for your loved ones.

Dog sofa cushion

Do you think that animals have no place in the house? But you are wrong. You can always have an adorable pillow dog. A cheerful dachshund will happily take its place on the sofa and will not cause you any trouble.

A detailed description is presented in our step-by-step master class.

According to this scheme, you will get both a small toy puppy and a respectable adult dog. It all depends on the amount of available materials and your desire.

And if you have a lot of unclaimed pieces and scraps of fabric left, then you can sew a bright dog pillow from them. A patchwork toy with a cute face made using the patchwork technique will become a favorite character in a child’s room.

You can make this toy with your children and have a fun and useful time. And your child will receive his first cutting and sewing lessons.

A collection of pillow workshops + interesting ideas

Heart Valentine's Pillow:

Original circles:

Checkered Dog:

Romantic option:

Star shaped:

A few more original pillows for inspiration:

Pillows for children: cats, bunnies, owls, dogs, bears:

Decorate pillowcases with plant prints

An original way to decorate a pillowcase floral ornament- is to transfer onto it the imprints of living fresh grass and leaves. A product with this design will be unique and one of a kind. It will also warm you up on winter evenings with thoughts of warm summer.

To work you will need:

• natural light fabric;
• freshly picked plants;
• hammer;
• scissors;
• parchment, preferably siliconized for baking.

Fern, plantain, and clover are perfect for prints. Pick the plant you need, spread it on the fabric and cover with parchment. Beat it very hard with a hammer so that the juice comes out of the leaves, which is absorbed into the fabric and forms an imprint. Remember: Plants need to be picked on a hard, flat surface.

Experiment with different leaves, stems and their arrangement to get the desired result.

There is nothing easier than sewing cat pillows with your own hands. Pillows in the house perform several functions: they make the house more comfortable, decorate it and serve as armrests and headrests. Nowadays you won’t surprise anyone with store-bought ones, but with hand-sewn cat pillows it’s quite possible. You can sew or knit interesting pillows and stencils to your taste.

It’s very nice to lie on the sofa, relax, and soak up some love with your pet. And when he’s not around (someone needs to hunt), a beautiful pillow with cat symbols will be a pleasant reminder. Probably the easiest way is to draw a cat on fabric.

Although, there are other ways to make a bright pillow, for example, deliberately choose a fabric of variegated colors and cut out details from it.

Or choose a material and take it to a workshop that specializes in thermal transfer printing - they will “draw” what you want, and you will also cut out details from this canvas and make something unusual and creative.

Still, it's nice to do something yourself. Stencils are perfect for this type of pillow. The drawing can be done with acrylic paints or special ones for textiles.

You can also make stencils yourself from scratch, or complex drawing with some details on thick paper, or take a ready-made drawing. For cutting, you should use a stationery knife; carry out the process itself by placing the sheet with the pattern on a wooden cutting board or a sheet of plywood specially designated for this.

To get the desired drawing, you can do without printing it. Just transfer it onto paper or tracing paper directly from the monitor.

Made from fleece

We will need: a small piece of fleece of the desired color, a piece of light beige or milky felt, sewing threads to match the main fabric, holofiber, brown iris (or floss) threads, a fabric marker, needles, pins, scissors, lace, ribbons, buttons, beads to decorate your cat. Pattern with centimeter scale:

We are sewing two cats at once, so we have more details in the photo. We fold the fleece in half and transfer the pattern onto the fabric; this is very convenient to do with a disappearing fabric marker.

We sew our details on sewing machine along the contour, cut with an allowance of 0.5 cm.

We make an incision on one layer in the area and turn the body inside out. We also cut one layer of the tail at the top and turn it inside out.

We stuff the body and tail with holofiber.

We sew up the holes through which the cat and tail were stuffed with matching threads.

We mark it with a disappearing marker and embroider the face with iris or floss threads.

We try our muzzle on the cat’s body, closing the stitched cut, and fix it with pins. Using a seam over the edge, we sew the muzzle with threads to match the felt.

We try on and sew the tail with a hidden seam so that the cat can lean on it and stand on its own.

That's all, the cat is ready.

All that remains is to decorate it as you wish - with bows, braid, flowers, skirts, buttons - whatever your imagination suggests! Look, here's how different cats can be:

Sleeping cat

A cat in the house can most often be found on the sofa or in an armchair. She's a sleeper. Let's try to sew a decorative pillow with a sleeping cat's face. This looks so much like her.
For work we will need:

1. A piece of fabric (color as desired).
2. Threads, scissors.
3. Pattern.
4. Disappearing fabric marker.
5. Non-woven fabric.

We select fabric for the future pillow, the choice of which is unlimited. It all depends on what exactly you have on hand this moment at hand. Any type of fabric is suitable for living rooms; for a children's room, a pillow can be made from old children's things with a funny pattern.

We transfer the pattern of the main part onto the fabric using a disappearing marker.

We cut out the part, leaving approximately one centimeter for allowances. Now we transfer the pattern of the main part to the non-woven fabric, trace it and cut it along the contour. We do the same with the second part of the part, we make it from fleece. We make a pattern for the legs, tail and ears and cut them out. It is also necessary to duplicate parts.

Using an iron, we glue one part of the main part with the interlining. Now we take all the small parts: paws, tail and ears, fold them in pairs with the front side. After this, we grind each part down on a machine along the edge, leaving a small hole for stuffing. We process all the edges of each part with zigzag scissors or do it with regular scissors. After this, turn it right side out and stuff it with any filling, and sew up the holes using a zigzag stitch.

All the parts are ready, which means we need to sew them to the main part. To do this, we use pins and fix each part in the right place. Using a disappearing marker, draw a face on the pillow. Turn it over and place the fleece piece on top, sew it together, leaving room for filling. Turn it right side out, straighten and smooth all the seams well. The pillow can now be stuffed to the desired density with any stuffing; we sew up the hole. Now we sew on the paws, for this we use buttons. We embroider the muzzle with floss threads dark color. The cat pillow is ready; if desired, you can decorate it with a bow, heart and other applique. On such things, a drawing made with acrylic paint looks quite good.

Give your cat a gift - a “Sleeping Cat” pillow. It looks just great on the sofa, but guests also love this one, so it can be a great handmade gift.

You can decorate the neck with a bow or hang a medallion on it - there will be a cat with decoration. The pillow will look great on your sofa!

Description of the work process:

Knitted

You can knit cute sofa pillows with your own hands. All over the world, things made by hand are valued. Things keep the warmth of the hands of the person who made them.

These are the original sofa pillows in the form of knitting needles.

For work we will need:

1. Knitting needles of medium thickness.
2. Any threads, leftover threads (you can take threads of two colors and combine them).
3. White threads for paws.
4. Synthetic padding for stuffing pillows, hands and feet.
5. Two buttons for the eyes, a piece of fabric for the nose.

We knit either two squares, or a rectangle, which, when we fold it, will turn into a square. The size of the pillow can be any, the smallest is 35/35 centimeters, you can make it larger. The paws are approximately 28 centimeters. How many loops to cast on: knit a little on the knitting needles and look at the number of loops in 1 cm. Multiply by 35 cm.

Knitting pattern

Option 1: stockinette stitch.

• Row 1 - knit only,
• Row 2 - purl only.

Option 2: confusion.

• Row 1 - knit - purl - knit - purl, etc.
• Row 2 - purl - knit - purl - knit, so that the knit is always above the purl, and vice versa.

The front and back paws and tail are knitted using stockinette stitch. Knitting desired length, first we make decreases (we knit two loops together and tighten the rest with thread).

On the other side, we knit the paws: we knit three from each loop with white threads to make a white paw. You don’t have to stuff the length, but stuff the hand and foot with synthetic padding and embroider the fingers. We decorate the face with applique. We sew the pillow, leaving a slot for the padding polyester. We stitch the ears and stuff them with padding polyester. The cat is ready.

Children's

You can even sleep with such a toy, which is what children love so much. The cat pillow is very easy to sew. The pattern is elementary. You can make this craft together with your child.

Necessary materials:

1. Fabric in two colors (you can use more if you want to make the cat-pillow even more original).
2. Threads.
3. Needles.
4. Sintepon, cotton wool or granules for stuffing.
5. Pieces for eyes, nose and mustache.

Pattern

Those elements that are cut out in duplicate are made by folding the fabric in half, face to face. Cut out, making seam allowances. We sew the parts together, leaving small holes for stuffing. First of all, we sew the body, the head, then we sew the paws, tail, and ears to it. Using colored scraps, we make eyes, nose and mustache using the appliqué method.

In the video you will learn how to use a cat pillow.

Cat face

The materials we will need are:

1. Textile different colors, select them by looking at our photographs, but you can also improvise.
2. Threads.
3. Scissors.
4. Filler.

The eyes and nose can be embroidered, or you can make an applique.

• We cut out two parts each for the head, a heart for a smile, eyelids, an eye, and one part each for the lower part of the muzzle and nose.
• Let's draw a smile.
• Let's stitch it.
• Stitching top part faces from the bottom.
• We sew on the nose, eyes, cheeks, eyelids in the form of an applique - we decorate the face.
• You can also do this in the form of embroidery.
• Draw the pupils with white paint or corrector.
• We do the same with the spout.
• Sew the two parts of the head together, leaving a hole for the filling.
• We fill the cat with padding polyester or other filler.
• Our unusual gift ready with your own hands! We think it will bring a lot of joy!

Do you like to make accessories for interior decoration? You can make original patterns, easily use ready-made ones or build them yourself. Interested? Read on to find out how to do everything.

Tools and materials

Use the list below to gather everything you need to make your own pillow toy:

• patterns;
• paper, pencil, scissors;
• material for base and decoration;
• filler (sintepon, holofiber, fabric scraps);
• pins, chalk;
• threads with a needle;
• sewing machine.

If you do handicrafts, you have all this at home.

DIY pillows for the sofa (toys): patterns

The photographs shown in the article clearly demonstrate how cute and original they look. homemade accessories for sofas.

There are several technologies for manufacturing such products:

1. Regular square or round form complemented with the necessary details (ears, tail, muzzle).
2. Two parts of a complex contour in the form of the corresponding animal are sewn together.
3. A volumetric soft toy big size, comfortable to rest your head on.

Options are presented by degree of complexity. So if you are a beginner, choose the first method. For advanced craftswomen, any method is suitable.

If you decide to take finished sample, you just need to print it to the desired scale. If the template does not fit on an A4 sheet, you will have to glue it in two parts using tape.

We present to your attention the easiest template that even a schoolgirl can use to complete the work. You need to cut out two mirror parts from the fabric, sew them on the wrong side, leaving a hole, turn them inside out, fill them with padding polyester and sew them all up with a hidden stitch.

The next template is made in the same way, only the final stage will be making the tail as a separate part and sewing it to the base.

You can add a muzzle to any of the previous templates, the details of which can be easily used from the pattern previous section. The owl shown in the figure below is also performed in the same way. All small parts are attached with front side one of the base parts. If you make them from fleece, they can even be glued on last.

These are such simple, and at the same time original, pillow toys you can make with your own hands. Patterns (photos below) of dogs and bones will allow you to make an interesting composition for your sofa.

The collar can be easily decorated by tying a finished item satin ribbon or braid. The pattern of the bone shows the cuts that should be made after sewing the seams from the inside out, so that it is more convenient to turn the product inside out and the fabric does not warp.

Even if you choose the simplest pattern option, using bright fabrics or a variety of textures will turn out to be quite spectacular.

So, you have seen that you can easily make toy pillows with your own hands. The patterns selected in the article are very easy. Even a beginner can handle such templates.

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Hello, dear readers! Anastasia Skorekova welcomes you. Today I will tell you how to sew a pillow. Not just one, but several dozen

In general, in my opinion, the pillow is very good gift. Even my beloved. It is generally easy to sew and rarely requires exotic materials. That is why an amazing journey into the world of pillow dreams awaits you.

Step-by-step master - classes and patterns or how to sew a pillow with your own hands

A lot of master classes are waiting for you now. Let's start with children's pillows.

Pillows - toys for adults and children

Soft plush friends are always appreciated by children. What if we made them a little more practical, but no less original? In this section you will see a lot of children's pillows in the form of toys and simply unusual and bright designs for a great rest for your baby.

Children's pillow - toy “Rosalina”

With this shy beauty children's sleep will always be a joy. To sew a soft blanket for your child, you will need:

• velsoft (for the base of Rosalina, you can take faux fur and fleece);
• thin felt (for decorating the muzzle);
• threads in the color of the fabric + black;
• lace of 2 colors (for decoration);
• small rose (for the central part of the bow);
• padding polyester (for stuffing);
• dry pastel (to give a delicate blush);
• cotton pad (optional);
• chalk or pencil (for transferring patterns onto fabric);
• needle;
• pins (for chopping parts);
• scissors.

Here are the patterns for Rosalina (click to enlarge):

Cut them out carefully, velsoft is a capricious fabric. We start with the ears. Sew them like below. Turn the ears out and stuff them with padding polyester.

Place the ears inside the head. Pin along the edge, baste and sew, leaving an opening at the bottom.

Turn your head inside out along with your ears. I got it like this:

Stuff Rosalina with padding polyester and sew up the bottom hole with a hidden seam.

Now we have to make Rosaline's face. To do this, take all the details of the face, pin them to the head (so as not to move), and then sew them with a small hidden seam.

To apply blush, just take a pastel chalk and rub the bunny’s cheeks, rub it with your finger. If the pile on the fabric is not very long, you can do this using a cotton pad, after first applying pastel to it.

Rosalina definitely needs to make a cute headband! To do this, cut the lace so long that it is slightly longer than the distance between the ears.

Sew the ends of this piece to the ears, as if stretching it.

Now let's make a bow! To do this, take another piece of lace, fold it in half and sew the ends together.

Now simply sew a line of running stitches down the center of the bow. And pull it off.

Quadrocat

Necessary materials

What will we need for a pillow - a Quadrocat toy?

Here is the list:

• fleece in 2 colors (for the muzzle and head);
• felt (for the eyes and nose);
• threads in the color of the fabric;
• padding polyester or padding polyester (for stuffing);
• white acrylic paint for the pupil (or rhinestones)
• a glass of water (if you use paint);
• second glue (if you chose rhinestones);
• pencil or chalk for transferring patterns onto fabric;
• stitching needle;
• paper for transferring patterns onto fabric;
• scissors.

Before you start sewing, you will need the patterns that I have prepared for you (click):

First of all, I want to say: this is only a quarter of the pattern (for the head and muzzle), for the nose it is half. For felt parts, allowances are not needed. For everyone else, half a centimeter should be enough.

First of all, cut out and sew the ears together. Trim off excess seam allowances. Turn out the ears.

You can put the ears aside for now, take the muzzle and head. Sew the muzzle into the head as shown below.

To avoid confusion, you can make small notes in the same places on the muzzle and border.

This is what the cat's face looks like:

Now place the ears inside the Quadrocat where you like and sew them in. Also sew around the edge of the cat, leaving a small hole at the bottom.

Turn the pillow inside out. So far Quadrocat looks like this:

And now you need to stuff the pillow with padding polyester as tightly as possible, since fleece is very sensitive to stretching and can simply turn out “orange peel” if the stuffing is not dense enough

Sew the bottom hole with a hidden seam. Below you can see the hole that is already completely sewn up.

Our cat is still without a face! Let's fix this. Take the eyes and nose and place them where you would like to see the muzzle.

We will sew on the eyes and nose. To do this, bring the thread out as below and sew with a buttonhole stitch, but VERY fine. That is, there should be no distance between the stitches at all.

This process is quite painstaking, but it’s worth it! Final photo:

DIY letter pillows

A very common type of sofa cushion now. They are sewn quite simply, the main thing is to have the alphabet with the desired language on hand. And enlarge the letters to the desired size, of course.

The most important thing is not to forget to cut required quantity strips for the side jumper.

I found two such alphabets, but there are many more on the Internet. a large number of different fonts, each of which is applicable for letter creativity.

Photos of baby pillows

There will also be a lot of inspiring photos at the end of the article, so don't miss it

DIY decorative pillows: photos and creation schemes

There will be cushions, flower pillows, and simply unusual, practical and easy to implement ideas.

Soft heart for dear

Now we’ll talk about how to give a gift to your loved one with your own hands. Otherwise, Valentine's Day is about to come, and somehow I rarely prepare you for it)

What gift am I talking about? We will sew a beautiful pink heart-shaped pillow with voile frills.

Necessary materials

• faux fur for the heart itself (the pillow is quite large, so the dimensions of the material are decent: 110 x 40 cm);
• veil, chiffon or organza for frills and flowers (dimensions: 300 x 30 cm);
• synthetic padding or padding polyester for stuffing;
• threads in the color of the fabric;
• satin ribbon for bow;
• rhinestones;
• paper for patterns;
• pencil for transferring patterns;
• scissors;
• needle;
• pins for pinning patterns and frills.

You will need patterns (click to enlarge):

As you can see, this is only half of our heart. Therefore, when you cut it out, transfer first one half, then the other. And so on for both parts.

Cut out two parts so that the direction of the pile on them is the same. Cut a strip of the following dimensions from the veil: 300 x 18 cm. Such a long length is needed so that when further gathering this strip you can insert it into the edges of the pillow.

Now fold the strip in half lengthwise. Sew two lines on a sewing machine at a distance from the edge and from each other by about 5 - 7 mm. But do not fasten the ends of the thread! And leave more thread on all sides.

We haven't secured our stitching, so now we can tighten it. Just pull both threads and slowly gather our frill to the desired state (the length of the finished frill should be equal to the length of the edge of the pillow itself).

Once the threads are tight, tie all the threads into knots at the ends and trim off the excess threads.

Now you need to put the frill inside the pillow, as shown below, and pin it.

And then baste and sew without sewing to the end. Leave a small hole. After everything is sewn, turn the future pillow inside out and fill it with synthetic down.

Now sew the ends of the frill together, as in the bottom photo.

If you have a small reserve of frill left, you can slightly hide the seam by making a small fold. All that remains is to sew up the left hole.

Our pillow, of course, is good, but there are not enough decorative elements on it, so we will make roses with you. To make roses, you will need 3 strips of veil with the following dimensions: 9 x 50 cm, 5 x 30 cm and 4 x 17 cm. Process them as well as a frill for a pillow.

It's time to wrap our rose! To do this, start rolling the rosette as below. But when wrapping the flower, bend the edges of the rose so that it looks more natural. Using this principle, make all 3 roses.

The roses turned out great, didn't they? I hope everything worked out for you too. By the way, I wrote about creating similar roses in one of the previous posts.

All that remains is to sew or glue the rose to the pillow. It turns out very nice:

Other sofa cushions

I think a few more detailed master classes will not hurt you)

Butterflies

Lamb

Bear and dog

Frill

Roses

Roller “Princess Hotdog”(don't worry about the name, this is a character from one stoned cartoon)

I don’t have a detailed photo description, but I can say one thing: for the body you will need six elongated wedges and two parts (almost semicircles) for the muzzle.

Other fabric fantasies

It's nice to know that blog readers are inspired by my posts. The wonderful needlewoman Marina Grudzinskaya sewed pillows based on the works presented in this article. Come visit her (profile in In contact with And Instagram) and evaluate the products yourself:

I want to show you where to buy excellent materials to create super-soft and delicate pillows that are indistinguishable from store-bought ones. I bought this myself wonderful fleece- I couldn’t be happier, he’s so nice. The most important thing is - color palette on high.

On this, Dear friends, I bid with you. This time the article turned out to be very full of ideas (personally, I counted about 50 ideas). I hope that we found exactly the option you wanted. See you soon!

Sincerely, Anastasia Skoracheva