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October 20, 2014 · 35 Comments

DIY Christmas Throw Pillows (& Thanksgiving!)

Christmas· Favorite Posts· Holidays & Occasions· Thanksgiving

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What’s the Project? These cute DIY Christmas throw pillows are so pretty and make a perfect accent for your couch this holiday season. You’ll love making it and it will look fabulous in your home. 

Do you ever do a project and then love it so much that you just can’t stop staring at it and loving it?

That’s how I feel about this project.

I finished the Christmas pillow late one night and set it on my dresser as I climbed into bed. As my husband and I laid there talking I just kept looking at it and saying “I love that pillow!” I love it when a project turns out like that. I hope you will love these too. They are Thanksgiving and DIY Christmas Throw Pillows that you can easily make yourself!

DIY Christmas Throw Pillows-So pretty and fun to make!

Ok, I guess this one is more of a Fall pillow, but I imagine using it during November:

Fall Throw Pillow

I made these using my Cricut Explore machine. You’re going to for sure need a cutting machine of some sort to make these. If you don’t have one, now is a great time to get one! So many fun holiday projects that you can do with one!

 

Thanksgiving & DIY Christmas Throw Pillows:

Supplies Needed:

  • Pillow Form: Mine is 20 x 20 inches
  • Fabric: You’ll need about a yard of fabric. I bought canvas fabric but you can do just regular cotton if you prefer. The canvas is just a little nicer. Note that my canvas was 60 inches wide. Whatever you buy, make sure that you have enough to cut two pieces that are about 20″ by 21,” so if your fabric is a different width you may need to adjust how much you get.
  • OR buy a pre-made pillow cover if you are not the sewing type.
  • Circut Cutting Machine
  • Cricut Weeder Tool
  • Iron On Vinyl: For the White (on the Christmas pillow) I used Cricut vinyl, for the other colors I bought it at Expressions Vinyl here. I found white at my craft store but not the other colors so i had to order them online.
  • Iron

 

Instructions:

If you are making your pillow cover, cut your fabric 20″ by 21.” Cut two of these.

In the Cricut design space, I designed this: (get it here so that you can use it when you are logged in to design space)

Christmastemplate

If opening it in Design Space doesn’t work or if you are using something else to cut this file, here is a graphic that you can use. Save this and then open this in your program and then cut: (Note that this is slightly different. I lost the original file when I switched computers, so I recreated it as closely as I could.)

Christmaspillowtemplate

For the Christmas pillow, cutting is easy because it is all the same color. You will just use one sheet of white iron on to cut.

Put it on your mat with face down. Before cutting make sure that you click mirror image so that it cuts it backward.

Cut it out, then peel everything but the words out. I used my weeder to get all the little stuff.

Grab one of your pieces of fabric. Center your vinyl on the pillow form with the sticky side down.

Text

 

Heat your iron up to the highest setting with no steam. Place a piece of fabric over your text and iron for several minutes:

Iron

Make sure you go back and forth over the whole thing. When you think you have ironed it enough, gently lift part of the plastic sheeting to see if the words have adhered. If not, keep ironing. If they have, gently peel off the plastic:

Peel

Now grab your other piece of fabric and sew around the pillow leaving about a 10 inch opening in the center of the bottom. Turn it right side out and push out all of the corners.

Stuff your pillow inside and then sew the opening shut.

For the Fall Pillow here is access to the template.

Falltemplate

 

Here’s a graphic that you can save and use for this one if you prefer or if that works better:

Thanksgivingpillowart

 

This one will cut on 4 different sheets and then you will need to piece it together to iron it on, so it’s a little trickier but still doable.

Throw them on a couch or chair and feel festive for the holidays!

Christmas Throw Pillows

And enjoy these DIY Christmas throw pillows!

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  1. Tammie says

    October 20, 2018 at 12:20 pm

    I know it was posted in 2014 but is there a way to access the fall pillow in cricut now?

    Reply
    • Amber says

      October 23, 2018 at 10:29 am

      Shoot! I guess the link is broken and I don’t know how to recover that project. 🙁

      Reply
  2. Jess Hepple says

    September 20, 2017 at 3:53 am

    I have converted the Christmas panel into a machine embroidery. I’m going to do the stitching in red and white on a green fabric background. Thanks

    Reply
    • Amber says

      November 4, 2017 at 12:38 pm

      Oh my word! What an amazing idea. Love it!

      Reply
  3. Samantha says

    June 18, 2017 at 8:18 pm

    Oh Amber, I know this post is a few years old, but I just found it and I ADORE the way you combine different fonts and different colors to make your pillow so decorative! Total inspiration and I think I should hit the craft room this arvo and have a go at a similar one but with ‘girl’ theme words for my daughter’s room!

    Reply
  4. Leah Bowens says

    November 14, 2015 at 10:17 am

    Love the Christmas pillow!! Would you be able to share the fonts you used? When I download the template since I don’t have the fonts they show up random.

    Thanks so much!!

    xo,
    Leah

    Reply
    • Amber says

      November 14, 2015 at 12:31 pm

      Oh shoot! I did this a year ago and can’t access what fonts it was now! So sorry!

      Reply
  5. Heather says

    November 11, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    I love these pillows. Great for the holidays! Also getting the materials to make the Christmas coloring pillow case tomorrow. Kids can’t wait! Thanks again for the great ideas

    Reply
    • Diane says

      November 12, 2015 at 8:13 am

      I agree there are times I love the crafts I do. I have only found a couple I wasn’t impressed with.

      Reply
  6. Diane says

    December 7, 2014 at 6:39 am

    Can you tell me more about the plastic you can iron on. I like doing vinyl and have never seen that plastic item, help please.

    Reply
    • Amber says

      December 8, 2014 at 8:29 pm

      That’s just how heat transfer vinyl comes

      Reply
      • Diane says

        December 9, 2014 at 6:17 am

        Thank you so much. I don’t recall any I purchased off ebay with that. Maybe I need to buy it from where you did. Thanks again.

        Reply
        • Amber says

          December 9, 2014 at 12:45 pm

          It just helps keep it all together rather than having to place each of the letters yourself.

          Reply
          • Diane says

            December 9, 2014 at 1:22 pm

            Yes that is why I asked, I will have to get some from the site, I saved it and they have a sale right now, but might just pick some up from Michael’s with a 40% some time in the future it should have it too. Thanks again.

  7. peti says

    November 2, 2014 at 8:28 am

    Do the words stay on or do you have to iron them back on every once in a while? I hope that made sense thank you!!

    Reply
    • Amber says

      November 2, 2014 at 5:57 pm

      I think they should stay on fine

      Reply
      • peti says

        November 3, 2014 at 8:34 pm

        Thank you i’m going to do this project!!

        Reply
  8. Sharon Collins says

    October 25, 2014 at 5:55 pm

    I am going to try this on my Expression. I am sure it will cut the iron on vinyl or fabric to iron on.

    Reply
  9. Abbie says

    October 22, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    How well does the iron on stay on? I have used it on clothes for my baby and have difficulties with it peeling off. Is there a trick you know?

    Reply
    • Amber says

      October 22, 2014 at 10:27 pm

      I have had that problem too. Someone told me to prewash the fabric which I don’t usually do and that would help.

      Reply
  10. Amber says

    October 22, 2014 at 6:51 am

    Love these! I’ve been thinking about getting a Cricut Explore machine for a while but not sure if to or not as it’s quite expensive…I’ve only got a very little gifts business and blog at the moment but would you say it’s worth the money? When researching it I’ve seen there’s loads you can do with it! Maybe I can get it part funded for Christmas 😉

    Reply
    • Amber says

      October 22, 2014 at 2:46 pm

      I honestly love love love it! There are SO many possibilities. It took me a while to get the hang of using it but I have used it a lot since then.

      Reply
  11. Betty Grocki says

    October 21, 2014 at 9:51 am

    I have been really wanting to get into making more customized cheer bows and thought maybe you could help me. I love the pillows and have been thinking about getting a Cricut machine. Are they hard to use and can I cut vinyl and iron on glitter material with them?

    Reply
    • Amber says

      October 21, 2014 at 8:17 pm

      They are easy to use but take a little learning in the design part. The cutting though is amazing! Definitely cuts vinyl and iron on glitter. I use both of those all the time!

      Reply
  12. Crystal says

    October 20, 2014 at 2:03 pm

    I can’t get over how stunning this picture is! Love both pillows! 🙂

    Reply
    • Amber says

      October 20, 2014 at 3:41 pm

      Well that means a lot coming from the queen of amazing pics!!!!

      Reply
  13. Vanessa says

    October 20, 2014 at 1:18 pm

    so cute:) !

    Reply
  14. Moira (UK) says

    October 20, 2014 at 12:27 pm

    love the pillows…makes me wish I had a Cricut, but I will just have to admire what others do. xxx

    Reply
  15. Hailee says

    October 20, 2014 at 10:52 am

    Where do you get the iron on vinyl? I did a project recently with iron on transfer but the clear plastic stuff ironed on the shirt too, so how do you do it without the plastic left on it? Is it the regular vinyl you use on anything else our is it called iron on vinyl? I hope i made sense. I don’t want to mess this pillow up! So neat! Thankyou

    Reply
    • Amber says

      October 20, 2014 at 3:42 pm

      I just added a link in the post. I have never had a problem like you mentioned and I have done this a lot

      Reply
      • Hailee says

        October 20, 2014 at 10:14 pm

        Wow thankyou SO much! Those links help a ton to know what to look for, i had used something totally different. I had no idea those products were out there, I am so excited to try them now! Thankyou again and thankyou for all the awesome projects!!

        Reply
  16. Carol P says

    October 20, 2014 at 10:44 am

    Sorry. That should have been Cricut!

    Reply
  17. Carol P says

    October 20, 2014 at 10:43 am

    They are beautiful. I wish I had a Crichton and then I could make one too. I may have a go with my manual die cutter. Thank you for sharing so many things with everyone.

    Reply
  18. Beth says

    October 20, 2014 at 9:30 am

    I love the pillows! So cute and yet so simple. 🙂 Wish I could afford a Cricut!

    Reply
  19. Diane says

    October 20, 2014 at 7:37 am

    Love the pillowshow you did.

    Reply

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