Christmas Pillows
2 Materials
1 Hour
Easy
Our house has been filled with holiday chaos for the past two weeks. First I was trying to get the tree ready, then the house decorations, then the shopping and wrapping... then more shopping and wrapping. I was a hyperactive elf these past two weeks! Okay, maybe all year 'round I'm a hyperactive elf, but really...watching me working my way through my "to do" list is like watching a Charlie Chaplin movie on fast forward! Thankfully all that work paid off, as I am almost done with my "to do" list. I just have to finish my homemade gifts.
Last year I made these Jingle Pillows as homemade gifts for Mom, Margo (my sister-in-law) and also one for our home. All the pillows turned out pretty good, but with one little handicap: they were not washable. I used my canvas printer to print the "Jingle", but I didn't realize that they couldn't be washed or the ink would bleed. Unfortunately I only discovered this after I had finished them all. Oh well, I know better now!
Since Mom and Margo really liked their gifts last year, this year I wanted to make some more Christmas pillows for them. But this time I was determined to make them machine washable. Otherwise, what is the point of making pillows as gifts? Instead, why not make a sign or wall art? After some research online, I finally found an easy way to do it. You can find the method in my "Image Transfer to Fabric"post on our blog.
As I no longer had to worry about bleeding ink or machine washing, I decided to go with a very light-color fabric for this year's Christmas Pillows. I bought some white denim fabric from Joann's and cut the fabric into two equal squares of 18 inches. I was planning to make 17 by 17 inch pillows, so with a 1/2 inch seam line on both sides, the final cut pieces needed to be 18 by 18 inches.
Next I designed the images that I wanted to transfer to the fabric.
With my printed designs ready, I started transferring the images to the fabric using the image transfer to fabric method (You can find that tutorial on our blog.)
...and here are the finished presents!
I think they turned out really cool, and the best part is each side of the pillows has a different design!
I love the way they look all together.
I guess I will keep all these guys for our home and make two more for Margo and Mom.
Oh... before I forget - If you'd like to use these images for your own projects you can download them from our blog post. Also, if you are interested in Christmas and winter projects, click here to see more Christmas and winter projects from The Navage Patch. Merry Christmas and a Great New Year!
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4 comments
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Love these!
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Too cute, I especially like the Jingle, & Elf this pillows! Great job!
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@Katrina Warren Thank you so much, Katrina!
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