Valentine's Day Pillow Ornaments

Valentines Day Pillow Ornaments

Spread your love around the house with these Valentine's Day Pillow Ornaments. This easy craft involves some sewing, but focuses on basic painting and embellishing. You could also make these heart-shaped pillows as gifts for anyone, especially family members and neighbors to hang as decorations. Because this craft uses a sewing machine, it is not really a suitable kid's craft. Although, you could sew the pillows and have the kids paint them. Anyone who receives one of these pillow ornaments will feel the love you put into making it.

Estimated Cost$11-$20

Time to CompleteIn an evening

Primary TechniqueSewing

Easy

HolidayValentine's Day

Sewn byEither Hand or Machine

Materials List

Americana® Multi-Surface Acrylics: Black Tie (DA539), Cotton Ball (DA500), Flamingo (DA504), and Lipstick (DA506)
water container
palette or plastic plate
paper towels
scissors
pencil
#10 flat brush
sewing machine or needle and thread
paper
#1 liner brush
button (3)
#1 round brush
stuffing
muslin (or fabric of your choice)
pinking shears
tassel (optional)

How to Make DIY Valentine's Day Pillow Ornaments

Instructions:

NOTE: Let dry completely between painting steps.

Use a pencil to trace and transfer a basic heart shape onto any paper and cut out with scissors.
Pin a heart in place over two small pieces of muslin or fabric of your choice. Cut out with scissors. Repeat for a total of three hearts.
Keep the muslin doubled up and stitch around the edge, leaving a 2" long hole for stuffing.
Use pinking shears to add a decorative edge.
Add the stuffing to the hearts.
Stitch the hearts closed.
Use a #10 flat brush and Flamingo to paint one entire heart. Use the same brush and Lipstick for the second heart, and leave the third one plain, just paint the edges with Flamingo.
Use #10 flat brush and Lipstick to float half-circle shapes around the border of the Flamingo heart. Use the same brush and color to paint a smaller heart in the center. Use a #1 round brush to paint "XO" inside the center heart.
On the reverse side of the Flamingo heart, use a #1 round brush and load Lipstick to add small hearts.
Use a #1 round brush and Lipstick to add small hearts to the plain heart. Rinse brush. Use the same brush and Black Tie to add the word "love".
Repeat the application of small hearts using #1 round brush and Flamingo on the Lipstick heart.
Sew on ribbon and a button to hold it.
(Optional) Add tassels if you would like. Hang heart ornaments from a curtain rod in the kitchen or over the center of a doorway.