Do you like to make accessories for interior decoration? You can make original pillows toys with your own hands. Patterns are easy to use ready-made or build yourself. Interested in? Read on how to do it all.
Tools and materials
Use the list below to collect everything you need to make a pillow-toy with your own hands:
- patterns;
- paper, pencil, scissors;
- material for the base and decor;
- filler (synthetic winterizer, holofiber, fabric scraps);
- pins, chalk;
- thread with a needle;
- sewing machine.
If you do needlework, all this is in your home.
DIY pillows on the sofa (toys): patterns
The photos in the article clearly demonstrate how cute and original homemade accessories for sofas look.
There are several manufacturing technologies for such products:
- The usual square or round shape is complemented by the necessary details (ears, tail, muzzle).
- Two details of a complex contour are sewn together in the form of the corresponding animal.
- A large volumetric soft toy is made, convenient to lay its head on.
Options are presented according to the degree of complication. So if you are a beginner, choose the first method. For advanced masters, any method is suitable.
If you decide to take a finished sample, just print it on the right scale. If the template does not fit on A4 sheet, you will have to glue it in two parts using adhesive tape.
Do -it-yourself simple pillow-toys: patterns and manufacturing tips
We present to your attention the easiest template, according to which even a schoolgirl can do the work. It is necessary to cut out two mirror parts from the fabric, sew them along the wrong side, leaving a hole, turn them out, fill them with padding polyester and sew them all with a blind seam.
The next template is made in the same way, only the final stage will be the tail as a separate part and sewing it to the base.
You can add a muzzle to any of the previous templates, the details of which are easy to use from the patterns of the previous section. The owl shown in the figure below is also executed. All small parts are attached on the front side of one of the parts of the base. If you make them from fleece, then they can even be glued last.
These are so simple, and at the same time original, you can make pillows-toys with your own hands. Patterns (photos below) dogs and bones will make an interesting composition for your sofa.
The collar is easy to arrange by tying the finished thing with a satin ribbon or braid. The bone pattern shows incisions that should be made after sewing the seams from the inside, so that it is more convenient to turn the product around and the fabric does not warp.
The following is a more complex template. The product is made of more parts, respectively, it will take a lot of seams.
Even if you choose the simplest pattern, when using bright fabrics or a variety of textures, you will get quite spectacular home accessories.
So, you saw that you can easily make pillows-toys with your own hands. Patterns selected in the article are very light. Even a novice can handle such patterns.