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Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

Many things in life need to be bought because we cannot make them ourselves (and the cost is too high), but we can easily make a simple pillow.

So today I would like to recommend to you a tutorial on how to make a set of heart-shaped pillows (don’t always collect them, be sure to do them in time). Don’t be a giant with a mouth, but move like a mallet without arms and legs! The picture below shows a small pillow that can be used as a hanging decoration! When you make it, you can make it bigger and use it as a pillow!

There are also patterns that can be made according to your personal preferences!

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

There is also the effect of rainbow hearts hanging on the wall.

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

Puffy Heart, craft materials (see picture below for details): muslin, washed cloth pen, fiber filling, 6 strands of embroidery thread, needle and needle, water color or acrylic paint, paintbrush, heart model (paint and Cut out a heart as a model), flower-toothed scissors, scissors

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

To start your puffy heart, use a heart pattern on a piece of muslin. Cut two pieces of muslin into a square. Align and secure the two pieces together.

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

Using all 6 strands of embroidery floss, outline the Valentines heart using one running stitch andSew the pieces together. You can hide the knot between two pieces of fabric.

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

Leave a 2cm wide opening to fill in the heart.

Loosely, stuff the Valentine heart decoration with fiber filling, then finish sewing the heart closed. Hidden knots between layers.

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

Once your heart decoration is sewn, paint your heart using water-poured acrylic paint or watercolor paint. You can paint your heart solid or mix the colors together. Paint some areas lighter and some areas darker, creating a lovely transformation effect. The decoration of each heart can be different.

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

Feel free to use multiple colors or paint patterns. Be sure to apply at least 1cm above the sewing stitches.

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

Let the heart-shaped pillow you made dry.

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

Once yourOnce the heart-shaped pillow is dry, use flower-toothed scissors to cut out the edge of the heart, about 5mm from your seam. (If you are making a pillow, then it is OK if you have done this step)

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

Use 6 strands of embroidery floss to create a hanging loop for your heart pillow. Thread the yarn through the middle of the heart-shaped throw pillow, doubling the yarn to 12 strands. Pull out, slide the needle out, and tie a knot so it can hang. After tying the rope, use scissors to cut off the excess wire. If you want to make a wall mount, your hook should be slightly longer, the length from the bottom point to the center drop.

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

You now have a cute heart-shaped decoration.

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

They can be hung individually, or you can chain them together to create a rainbow heart wall hanging. To chain them, wrap the purple heart around the blue heart ring and let it drop. Now slide over the blue ring over the teal ring, and so on.

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

Hang up your heart-shaped ornaments.

Interesting handmade tutorial for making heart-shaped pillows

If you wish, you can use printed fabric instead of painted muslin for your heart-shaped throw pillow.