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Tutorial: Pillow made with printable fabric

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In November I shared this pillow on the Rhonna Designs blog. Today I thought I’d share a tutorial to make the pillow.

I got the idea because I found myself looking at the digital files from Rhonna Designs and wishing I could buy fabric with the same designs.

Then I realized I could print on fabric to make a small project. I decided on a pillow for my sofa that was very much in need of some “bling”

To make the pillow here’s what you will need:

Printable Fabric- you can’t use just anything- although I know there are tutorials online to make regular fabric accept inkjet ink, I just purchased ink jet fabric at my craft store.

Lace trim- I finally found a good use for some vintage trim that I picked up in the Flea Market in Paris.

Pillow form- I used 12×12 but you can make it any size you like- or just use stuffing.

Cording (if you want to make your own you can use this tutorial)

Fabric for Pillow back and front.

Print your design onto the printable fabric according to the manufacturers instructions. Most manufacturers require that you heat set your design after it is printed.

To add some texture to my pillow, I added some hand embroidery to the honey combs and some heat set rhinestones.

Trim your fabric to size (in this case 8×8) and sew 2, 2″x8″ strips of fabric to the top and bottom of your fabric piece.

Stitch 2 additional strips of fabric each 12″ x 2″ to 2 remaining sides of pillow.

Stitch lace to front of pillow on top of the seam.

Stitch cording to front of pillow along the outer edge. Overlap cording at corner.

Place pillow back (cut to 12″ x 12″) on top of pillow front, right sides together. Stitch along the line you just made to attach the cording. Leave a 8″ opening.

Turn the pillow right side out. Stuff pillow form into pillow and hand stitch opening closed.

Melissa Mortenson

Melissa Mortenson is the author of the Polka Dot Chair blog which has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love”. Her work and designs have been featured on numerous websites including HuffPost, Today, Pioneer Woman & BuzzFeed. Her first fabric line “Derby Style” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs. It was followed by 7 other fabric lines in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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Annie says

February 29, 2012 at 1:30 am

Cute, cute pillow! I feel that you are right…for best results you must use a pretreated fabric. Your digital design is fun and the added texture of embroidery is perfect!

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Nancy W says

February 29, 2012 at 1:46 am

Thanks for the tutorial Melissa, love it!! Hugs from Conroe, TX

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Katy Cameron says

February 29, 2012 at 6:40 am

Great idea, thanks for the tute

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☼Carolina Artesanías☼ says

February 29, 2012 at 9:02 am

muy linda!
te felicito, me encanta
cariños
c@

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chris says

February 29, 2012 at 10:02 am

I’d never heard of printable fabic…must investigate. Love how your pillow came together, as always.

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toots2u says

February 29, 2012 at 11:49 am

Your pillow is so pretty!! I have always wanted to try using printable fabric ; now I really want to!

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ginalovesdave says

February 29, 2012 at 3:40 pm

Oh I love that design! I have never heard of printable fabric before either, I think I need some!

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jaylen watkins says

March 01, 2012 at 6:45 am

Thanks for this joyful post. Very much eye catchy.

Printable

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The Craft-Arty Kid says

March 03, 2012 at 6:52 am

Great idea, love the hand embroidered details

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