Handmade home decorations are in fashion now. All kinds of textile accessories very well help create an atmosphere of harmony and comfort. A cat pillow will look fun and unusual . The pattern of this product is very simple. Even a novice needlewoman will cope with the manufacture of a soft sofa guest.
What do you need for sewing?
Use the list below to make a beautiful cat pillow:
- pattern;
- fabric of several shades, natural for an animal, or bright motley decorative flowers;
- pins, chalk, scissors;
- thread with a needle;
- filler (synthetic winterizer, holofiber);
- a sewing machine, although it is possible to make a pillow manually, for example, from felt, which does not require edge treatment and is connected on the front side, and details such as eyes and nose can be easily glued to the base.
So, nothing special is required to make a cute souvenir. You probably have small patches at your place. Any workpiece can be made even from several parts, just need more seams.
Which sample to choose?
In order for you to get an original cat pillow, the pattern must be appropriate. First of all, you need to choose how your product will look and find the appropriate template. If you want to take your favorite blank, simply print it on the printer in the right scale. If the item does not fit completely on the sheet, divide it into two or more, and then glue it with tape.
Consider your experience, if you are a beginner, try simple schemes. Below are the templates designed for beginners, so you can safely choose any option.
How to sew a pillow-cat (pattern and sequence of actions)?
To make a simple accessory, you need to do the following:
- Make paper parts.
- Lay out the elements on the fabric, circle with allowance for seams and cut.
- Usually the parts are sewn down on the wrong side, followed by inversion and filling with sintepon or holofiber. Do not forget to leave a small hole for this, which is manually sewn at the very end.
- If the ears and tail were cut out as separate parts, they should be sewn to the finished product or to the seam.
- Eyes, nose, mouth and mustache are embroidered (don’t forget to use the embroidery frame) or part blanks are attached with a needle and thread. This must be done before sewing the base seams. You can stick the details in the last place.
Work always goes according to such a scheme, regardless of the complexity of the product. The technology differs in the number of seams that need to be made. The simplest thing is to connect two identical parts in the form of a cat's silhouette.
In this case, you will actually only make one seam if the tail is not made by a separate part. In the figure below, the pattern suggests the presence of a side part in the pillow. For this, two additional bands are made. So, the product can be given a larger volume.
Although it’s enough to stitch just two parts.
The simplest product
If you do not like scribbling along arched lines, you can choose a very easy way. You can quickly and effortlessly make a pillow-cat with your own hands. Patterns here generally can not be done. The base is made in the form of a regular rectangle or square, and ears, tail and muzzle details are sewn to it.
If you select material with cat themes and patterns, you get an original, bright accessory that attracts attention.
Flat product of complex shape
If it’s easy for you to sew a line along a rounded line and you want the do-it-yourself pillow-cat to be more realistic, and not in the form of a square “bag”, use the following patterns.
The first option is performed as a unit with the tail and ears. In the diagram, the arrow indicates the direction of the shared thread, although if the size of the fabric does not allow the part to be positioned in this way, do it as possible. This is not a dress, but just a small accessory. Also, allowances for seams and the line where the stitching is performed are indicated. The eversion and filling hole is left on the side.
The second option is a great idea for Valentine's Day. The contour of the product is very similar to a heart, and additional decorative stripes of the same shape can be used in any quantity and size.
In the third sample, the tail is made as a separate part and sewn to the base. You will need to carve out two details of each element.
Feline Pillow
Another fun option is the head of an animal with an emotional facial expression, which can be either funny, happy, or sad, causing emotion.
Using such a workpiece, only the base itself can be made voluminous, while the remaining parts can be sewn or glued flat. But it is even better to perform all the parts slightly voluminous. When sewing on a nose or part of a muzzle, simply place a little filler under them and attach the element to the end.
Toy pillow
If you have a certain experience in needlework or you have already practiced simple samples, you can proceed to create a voluminous souvenir. Below is a cat toy pillow. The pattern in the same figure allows you to create a cute volumetric creature for your sofa. If you choose a terry or fluffy fabric that imitates wool, you get a very natural animal.
Pillows "Offended cats"
The pattern for creating such a cute accessory is suitable for any of the above, as these creatures can be of any shape, both in the flat version and in the form of a 3D toy. The most important thing is to fulfill the “facial expression” corresponding to emotions.
All parts are easily made from felt or fleece. You can draw a template yourself or use the pattern of the muzzle, which has already been considered. To make different pillows "Offended cats", the pattern is essentially irrelevant. The main thing is a mouth curved in an arc, and it is usually embroidered, although it can be cut out of pink material. The details of the muzzle are easy to stitch or even stick, for example, from felt.
You saw how a cat pillow is made. The pattern (any of the options) given in the article will help you in creating this cute accessory that lifts your mood.