How to fill the pillow with your own hands?

Every person wants his house to be the most beautiful and cozy. It is not difficult to create a cosiness in an apartment if you have the tools and materials at hand. Decorate the room can be various elements, ranging from small trinkets and ending with self-made decorative cushions. The main thing - to find than to fill the pillow with your own hands, so that it was soft to sit or sleep. Now the pillows are used not only for sleeping, but also for completing the interior design. They are scattered in a chaotic manner, even hung on walls and shelves, giving the room a bright and colorful appearance.

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Fillers for decorative pillows: the basis for beauty and health

Before you start creating your unique designer pillow, you need to decide what to fill it with your own hands. When choosing a "filling" for a decorative element, it is worth considering several important criteria that affect not only the beauty of the room, but also the health of the person:

• Hypoallergenic material.
• "Filling" should not be deformed during mechanical movements. It should be elastic.
• The filler should be chosen for medium softness.
• When washing, the cushion should remain as it was in its original form.
• Choose a material that can be easily washed.

If you adhere to these rules, then the pillow can be used not only as an ornament, but also for the purpose.

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Than to fill a pillow?

Many needlewomen stuff cushions with cotton, but with their use, they very quickly lose marketability, because cotton wool is a very fragile material and quickly slides into hard balls. Thus, the product very quickly loses its shape.

Important! If you still decided to stuff a pillow with cotton, then use it only as a decorating element.

Make a filler for pillows with your own hands is very simple:

• You can use pieces of soft cloth or fur. If you fill the product with such materials, then it will perfectly fit as a floor decorating design.
• Also at home, you can fill the pillow with a sintepon, foam rubber or holofayber. These materials are easy to find in any hardware store.
• If you have a lot of small children in your home, small silicone balls are used as a filler for a decorative pillow.

Important! The child, playing with such a pillow, develops small motor skills, hands, respectively - speech. Thus, you can "kill two birds with one stone" - and entertain the child, and transform the room.

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How to choose the right fabric?

The choice of fabric for such decorative products follows two main criteria: strength and beauty:

• The strength of the material plays a huge role in the life of the pillow. The stronger the fabric, the longer it will remain beautiful and not spoiled.
• The choice of the material from which the covers for products will be sewn, also depends on the color scheme of the interior of the room. The fabric does not have to be a color in color with a sofa or wallpaper. It should be combined with their shade.

Important! If you choose the right color for the material, you can create a very contrasting room design.

In order to sew a pillowcase for the pillow, you can choose absolutely any material you like. Consider the main types of fabric that are suitable for this purpose:

• Cotton or linen.
• Silk.
• Fleece.
• Canvas.

Important! The needlewomen use old clothes to decorate pillows( jeans or woolen clothes).It looks very original and unusual.

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Form and fillers in different rooms

To date, you can find a lot of options, deciding which form to sew a pillow? Basically the shape of the product depends on the interior and furniture. Let's consider some interesting ideas of such decorative elements:

1. Sofa cushions. Now it's very fashionable to buy sofas without backs. Instead, there are sofa cushions, which are much more convenient than the traditional sofa back. Over time, they get bored, but they are easy to update, if you sew a few bright pillowcases. Such products can be rectangular or oval in shape. Look great on the couch in the living room.
2. Rollers. These products are very convenient as a stand under your feet after a hard working day. They can be made in the form of candy, pencil or in the classical style. Such pads are often found in the car.
3. Toy. When creating such a pillow, you can give vent to fantasy and sew anyone - cat, dog, mumps, etc. They perfectly complement the design of the children's room, and they are very comfortable to sleep on if you choose a quality filler.
4. Letters. One of the most original options, as it can be used not only for yourself, but also for a birthday or some other holiday. Such products are often used only as an ornament.

Important! Regardless of what form you prefer, if you add originality - you will get a unique decorative detail for your home.

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How to sew a pillow on the sofa with your own hands: ideas and technology

On the Internet you can find a lot of information and master classes related to this topic. Consider a few original ideas for creating a pillow with your own hands.

Regular rectangular cushion pad

In order to sew it, you will need:

• Cotton fabric.
• Filler( sintepon or holofiber).
• Scissors.
• Sewing machine.
• Ribbons, buttons.

Beginning to create:

1. Cut out four symmetrical pieces of cotton material.
2. Sew them on the sewing machine, leaving one piece not sewn. Be sure to sew the wrong side of the fabric.
3. We fill the substrate with filler, having previously turned it to the front side.
4. Use a sewing machine to sew the packing hole.
5. We decorate the pillow with buttons and ribbons.

Important! With the help of buttons you can make eyes, and with organza ribbons make hair and sponges.

We sew three-dimensional letters

You will need the following tools and materials:

• Cardboard.
• Scissors.
• Pencil.
• Fabric.
• Sewing machine or needle with thread.
• Filler.

Important! To sew toy animals it is possible by the same principle, having preliminary prepared a template and decorating details.

Let's get to work:

1. On the cardboard sheet we write a letter and cut it with scissors.
2. The resulting stencil is applied to the fabric and we cut out two identical parts.
3. Sew them manually or on the sewing machine from the wrong side, leaving a hole for packing.
4. The finished product base is stuffed with filler.
5. Sew the hole for packing.

Important! You can decorate the pillow with beautiful embroidery, beads or ribbon bows.

Pillow from shreds of fabric

Sew it a little more complicated than previous versions. For the creative process you will need:

• Scissors.
• Multicolored fabric shreds.
• Sewing machine.
• Filler for the pillow.

Beginning to create:

1. The pieces of fabric are stitched together( you need four symmetrical pieces of shreds).
2. The obtained pieces are sewed together from the wrong side, leaving a place for the filler.
3. We turn the base and fill it with foam rubber or synthepon.
4. Sew a hole for the filler.
5. We decorate the pillow with small bows made of satin ribbons at the junction of the shreds( preferably in the corners).

Important! Such a decorative element will look very beautiful in the kitchen or in the living room.

Make a pillow with your own hands is not so difficult, if you have the patience and all the necessary tools. And if you watch several video lessons, then the creative process can take a maximum of one hour.