DIY Fall Pillows With My Way Applique
I will announce right here. Â I am not a sewing expert. Â Yes, I have sewn some pillows, I have even made a quilt or two, and its a darn good thing my mom is quite the expert. Â If I act dumb enough she will take pity on my and help a girl out. Â I do like to sew, but I am not a patient person, so I want it done ASAP. Â This project was an experiment. Â An experiment that had a great turnout!
Once again, I should have been packing for my trip to Hawaii, but I couldn’t help myself! Â I decided to do it anyways. Â Plus, I could focus more on packing once my project was done right?
I started with some white remnant fabric I bought at Walmart. Â If you check out the fabric section, you can usually find remnants for pretty cheap. Â The next fabric I chose was for the deer. Â This fabric I purchased at a fabric store that was going out of business and everything was 1 dollar a yard. Â You bet I stocked up on anything I thought I might be able to use.
I then decided what I wanted to put on the pillow. Â I decided on a deer head. Â I have created this printable that you can print off if you would like.
Once I printed out the deer head, I cut it out.
I then traced the deer onto my fabric.
I then cut out said deer head. Â WOW I think I am saying “deer head” too often.
Okay, so I don’t have Wonder Under, and if you do, you could definitely use that. Â But with my limited options here in our little town, I found this glue at my local True Value. Â So, I thought I would give it a whirl. Â This is different from regular Elmers Glue, this is good to glue fabrics together.
I brushed a good coat of glue on the deer. Â I then let it sit for about an hour while it dried.
Here is where my mad sewing skills shine. Â I used a zig zag stitch and sewed around the while deer head. Â Let me tell you. Â Those antlers? Â What a pain! Â But they look good now!
Up close of my mad skills.
Now, those antlers. Â I don’t know if I did this the right way, but it worked for me. Â I lifted the foot on the sewing machine when I came to the tip of an antler, and would then rotate the fabric and continue stitching. Â Those sharp angles were a bear to sew around otherwise.
I guess I should tell you, I sewed the deer head on before I created the pillow envelope. Â Here I folded the ends over about an inch and sewed them down. Â I then folded the fabric inside out to create an envelope and sewed the sides down. Â This creates the pillow cover.
Please ignore some of the not so perfect parts of the deer. Â It was my first time! Â It could also use a good ironing.
Up close and personal. Â My sewing skills once again.
Here it is all finished. Â I am really excited it turned out! Â When I started, I wasn’t so sure. Â I can’t wait to make more pillows for the upcoming seasons. Â Christmas will be a blast, and I might need a support group to stop me from making too many!
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Have a great day! Â Try something new, I dare you.
HI Sara, thank you so much for joing Friday Favorites last week! I would love to feature one of your posts, but every link gives a 404 Error. This happens also with your Social Media follow buttons. Please join us again this week…I would love to feature oneof your posts!! Take care – Christine at Must Love Home
Oh, shoot! I will take a look at it right now! So Sorry!
Christine, I am having trouble with my permalinks, I hope I fixed the problem. Let me know!
Great job and thanks for the tutorial! I would’ve never thought of this but I’m doing to give it a try 🙂
Thank you! I hope it works for you!
Love this idea! It came out so well 🙂 I have very little sewing skills as well but you make this look so doable!
Thank you Haley! It was really quite easy!
Great tutorial! I love your site! just stopping by from the Fall Home Decor Link Party on Live Laugh Rowe.
Thank you so much for stopping by!
This is such a creative idea! It is so simple and so cute. I never would have thought of doing this.
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Thank you so much!