Make a Cottage Farmhouse Home Sweet Home Pillow

Make a Cottage Farmhouse Home Sweet Home Pillow

Happy February! I’m back again to share another easy project with you!

I’m not sure about you, but I’m ready for spring. The snow was great… until it melted and left us with a mud slush.

I’ve been feeling a little cooped up, so I decided to make a new pillow to brighten my spirits. Contrary to what my husband thinks, I’m not sure I can ever have enough pillows. And this one, well it’s one of my very favorites, just like my DIY rosette pillow.

I know sewing a pillow cover can seem a bit intimidating, but if you can sew a straight line, you can make a pillow cover. Truth be told, you could probably hot glue instead of sewing, but I find that each time I sew, I get better.

To make the pillow form, I followed my instructions for the DIY rosette pillow…

Then, I designed my wording in my Silhouette design studio and used the Silhouette to cut it out on freezer paper…

I made sure my words were centered on the pillow…

And ironed it in place…

Once all the letters and edges were stuck really well, I used some black craft paint and dabbed it over the letters…

I covered the letters for the most part, but I did leave a few areas of the fabric showing through. Once I was done with the paint, I peeled off the freezer paper…

Then used a razor blade to gently lift off the letter centers…

Once everything had dried, I used one of my stencils (from Michaels) to add the olive branches…

I just placed it where I wanted, then taped it in place and used the same black paint…

Once I finished painting, I washed the stencil to remove any paint, then flipped it over and placed it on the other side of the wording…

I did the exact same thing as the opposite side, and was I was done, I let the paint dry for a few hours.

Once the paint was dry, I began stuffing the form…

Once I had it filled to the thickness I wanted, I used my sewing machine to sew the bottom closed…

If you didn’t want to sew it with a machine, you could easily hand stitch it closed, but I find the machine much quicker!

I couldn’t be happier with the finished result:

It’s such a happy pillow… and the wording is so true!

It looks great in our living room reading corner, which has quickly became one of my favorite corners in our home…

This is such a happy corner!

Home Sweet Home… that’s just how I feel!

And because I love everything to do with home, here are a few other projects you can find at our place:

DIY Stackable Fruit Crates:

DIY Mind Your Manners Burlap Placemats:

DIY Wood Slab Sign:

Until next time… You can find me on Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!

And be sure to stop by The Wood Grain Cottage to say hi!