ribbons unlimited inc.: Throw pillow by Nicole

Friday, July 3, 2015

Nicole here on the blog today to share a throw pillow I made accented with ribbon. I've been meaning to make a throw pillow for my sis for awhile. When this pink ribbon came in my box I knew it was the perfect time since pink and black were her wedding colors.

I started by making piping with cording and hot pink ribbon. The cording I found at the craft store in the upholstery findings.

I cut enough of the cording to go around my pillow and then made it just a tad bit longer. Now you'll take the cording and place it in the middle of the ribbon and pin it closed.

Once the length is pinned I did a simple straight stitch down the length of the ribbon.

Now I cut a piece of drop cloth material big enough to fit my pillow top. The finished piping I pinned around the edges of the drop cloth being careful around the corners.

Attach with another pass through the sewing machine.

Now to embellish that pillow top. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut a piece of vinyl. Once cut I carefully laid the design on the center of my pillow top.

The vinyl was giving me grief since I didn't get it to lay flat and it was bubbling slightly around the edges of the hearts. To make sure the paint didn't bleed under the edges of vinyl I used a foam brush to add the black acrylic paint in an up and down motion.

Once the paint dried I removed the vinyl and also cut three of the hearts out with a pair of fabric scissors.

These hearts I filled with the patterned ribbon. I took pieces of drop cloth and traced the heart shapes with a pencil. These are going to be my base to which I attach the ribbon and and will also be placed behind the cutouts.