Throw pillows
As we are spending all of our days at home amid quarantine I thought I could decorate some pillow covers that I had on hand with supplies I had in my stash. Throw pillows are a great budget-friendly way to spruce up a space like your living room, bedroom, guest room, or kid’s room. When I want to refresh a space throw pillows are my go-to solution.
So, let’s begin!
Want to learn how to make these throw pillows?
Watch my tutorial video below:
Throw Pillow #1
Supplies
- a pillow cover
- some thick yarn
- scissors
- glue gun
First, I hot glued the yarn in a straight line at the top of the pillow cover, and for the next row, I glued the yarn in a zig-zag pattern.
I love how this pattern adds some dimension to my pillowcase, so I kept on gluing the yarn in this style, which I think is self-explanatory.
Then I cut off the excess yarn, and I went on and created my tassels!
How to make the tassels
I created four tassels for each corner of the pillowcase, and I started by wrapping the yarn fifteen times around my hand and then cut off the excess with a pair of scissors.
Next, I cut off a piece of yarn and passed it through the loop and I made a double knot.
After that, I snipped off another piece of yarn and tied a double knot about an inch of the top of the tassel.
Then I took my scissors and cut all the loops and finally, I trimmed off my tassel to make it look nice and even.
Next, I took a needle and a thread, and I hand stitched the tassel to the corner of the pillow, and once it was nice and secure, I trimmed off the excess yarn…and this is how it turned out!
Throw Pillow #2
Supplies
- a pillowcase
- embroidery thread
- cotton rope
- glue gun
- pair of scissors
I started by cutting off three equal-length pieces of cotton rope to make a braid. Then I made a knot about 2″ from the top, and I attached the end tails to a clipboard to stabilize it and work on my braid more easily.
How to make a braid
To make a braid, if you don’t know already, all you have to do is to take the right cord and put it over the middle cord and then take the left cord and put it up the middle cord again.
And you repeat this sequence until it’s complete and then again tie a knot making sure you left 2″ from the end.
Then I placed my braid on my pillowcase in a V shape, and I hot glued it in place. As you can see, the ends of the braid sit about an inch down from the top corners of the pillow.
Next, I lay down my second braid on top of the first one in the same form, but this time the ends of this braid sit right on the corners of the pillow. And then, I glued the last row that sits about 2″ in from the corners.
Now it’s time to make the tassels as we did with the first throw pillow, only this time, I wrapped the embroidery thread thirty times around my three fingers.
And the other difference is that I wrapped the thread around the tassel many times and then made a tight knot to secure the tassel in place.
I made seven tassels in total and I placed them on the pillowcase to kind of eyeball the space between each other. When I was happy with the layout I hand-stitched each one at the bottom braid.
Then I went on and unraveled the end tails of the braids, brushed them with a comb, and finally cut them, leaving a space about 2″ from the knot, and… here is how the second throw pillow turned out!
