Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Flower Pillow


I've seen these flower pillows around lately, they are kind of pricey, and they look easy to make. So I decided to try one for myself, and guess what, they are soooo easy to make, it's really ridiculous.

I started with a square pillow form that I've had laying around for awhile. I sewed a quick slipcover out of cream felt to fit the pillow.

Then I drew a flower petal in three different sizes on a piece of paper and cut it out. Then I used the flower petal pattern and started cutting out the shapes on the felt. I felt like I was cutting forever. I didn't count how many I cut, but if I had to guess, I would say 40 of each size.


After I got all the petals cut, I took my glue gun and put a small strip of glue down the bottom center of each petal and pinched the sides together, this gave the petal a little dimension.


After I got all the petals glued, I started to assemble my flower. I started with the biggest petals first and glued the bottom part of the petal right on the pillow making a circle.


I just kept working my way around the circle in a spiral shape gluing the petals on, when I was done with one size I would start the next smaller size until I had a tiny little circle left in the middle of the flower.



That is when I traced my Dr. Pepper can (I can't craft without the Dr.) then I cut out 3 dr. pepper circles.


I took each circle and folded it in half, then I folded it in half again, then I hot glued it together. When I got all three circles glued, I glued them together. Then I glued the three circles right into the center of the flower. After I was all done, my 8 year old son asked me where I bought that pillow at...priceless.

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16 comments:

  1. I love it. Think I might try it on a canvas bag to use as my church bag.

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  2. that is DARLING !!!! I LOVE IT

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  3. I've seen these and wished I knew how to make one. Now I do. Thanks so much!

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  4. Kristy that is such a good idea!!
    Colette-Thank you!
    And Adrienne- They are so easy, you should definitely try it!

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  5. My sister is re-doing her daughters room and I am going to make one for her bed :) THANKS for showing how to make it

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  6. The pillow looks amazingly cute, thanks for sharing your tutorial!

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  7. It looks great! I'd love one of those for my living room but I'm sure my kids (and the dog!) would destroy it! lol I featured this project on my blog today. :)

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  8. I adore your pillow-and I'm your newest follower! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  9. Love this, I have seen these are all over the place- things for sharing how to make one!

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  10. What kind of glue do you use on fabric? I don't like fabric glue, it seems like it never drys.

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  11. I love it! Might have to give this a try... thanks for the inspiration!

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  12. I LOVE your pillow! It turned out so cute! I have got to make me one of these! Thanks for sharing!

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  13. Very cute. I am looking for ideas for fun pillows. Might have to try this one.

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  14. Awesome very creative I really want to make one of these pillows right now!!! I’m your newest follower from Creative Bloggers Hop. Please follow http://sweetcalifornialiving.blogspot.com/

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  15. Your pillow is so gorgeous! Love it :) Really appreciate you sharing this great post with us at the Creative Bloggers' Party & Hop.

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