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How to Make a Geometric Heart Pillow

by Lindsay Ballard on January 15, 2014 14 Comments

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Back in my pre-kids, pre-dogs, pre-husband, pre-house days, I went to spend a long weekend with my sister in her Florida college town.  I had graduated from college, but she was still getting her degree (she’s 4 years younger than me).  It was a fun visit where I met some of her friends who I had heard so much about, including her fun roommate, Kristin.

Fast forward what seems like 100 years later.  I now have a house, kids, dogs and a husband…and a blog.  And so does Kristin.  She’s a lifestyle blogger who focuses on fashion and beauty at BonBon Rose Girls, and I’m in charge of all the DIY craziness that you find here at Makely.  We are partnering together today with a Valentine’s Day DIY style collab.  We both made easy projects that we are sharing today.

I’ve had the idea for a geometric embroidered pillow rattling around in my brain for a while, but I finally sat down and made it happen.  I began with a red pillow cover that I bought at Ikea.  I could have made my own, but I was too lazy for that.

Next, I designed a geometric heart in Photoshop.  Lucky for you, I have the design available as a free downloadable template so you don’t have to do that work.  Click here to download it to your computer and just print it out.

Then, I needed to transfer that design directly onto the pillow cover.  I used dressmaker’s tracing paper that I had on hand, but you may be able to rub your pencil on the back of the printed design and transfer that way (maybe someone can let us know in the comments if that works on fabric or not?).

How to Make a Geometric Heart Throw Pillow via MakelyHome.com

To transfer, I taped the tracing paper face down on the pillow cover and then taped the heart on top of the tracing paper.  I used a straight edge and a pencil to trace all of the lines on the heart.

How to Make a Geometric Heart Throw Pillow via MakelyHome.com

When I pulled the heart and transfer paper off of the pillow, I had the design on my pillow.

How to Make a Geometric Heart Throw Pillow via MakelyHome.com

Then, I used a needle and some off-white crewel wool, because it’s what I had on hand.  You can definitely use embroidery floss to do this instead.  Start on the back of the heart (the inside of the pillow) and just stitch each line with long lengths of wool.  Here it is halfway done.

How to Make a Geometric Heart Throw Pillow via MakelyHome.com

The trick is to make sure that you keep the pillow flat while you are stitching.  You don’t want it to pucker around the embroidery when you are finished, so you don’t want to pull the thread too tight.

This is what it looks like when the stitching was finished.  The stitching took me less than 30 minutes to do.

How to Make a Geometric Heart Throw Pillow via MakelyHome.com

Once the embroidery was finished, all I had left to do with put an insert in the pillow cover.  I am very pleased with how it turned out!

How to Make a Geometric Heart Throw Pillow via MakelyHome.com

Upon seeing it, my 3-year old, Emma, told me she thought it was a diamond.  Seven-year old Zack said he thought it was a shark tooth.  So, maybe it’s a shark tooth heart shaped diamond?  I don’t know.  But, I think it’s awesome regardless.

How to Make a Geometric Heart Throw Pillow via MakelyHome.com

Now head over to BonBon Rose Girls to see Kristin’s lovely budget-friendly Valentine’s Day centerpiece!

How to Make a Geometric Heart Throw Pillow via MakelyHome.com

Are you ready to decorate for Valentine’s Day?  Do you think that you might give my pillow a try?

About Lindsay Ballard

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.

Lindsay lives outside of Austin, Texas with her husband (Tom), children (Zack and Emma), and dogs (Duke and Jill). She plays roller derby for the Rockin' City Rollergirls out of Round Rock, Texas.

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Comments

  1. AJ Hill says

    January 15, 2014 at 6:20 pm

    I found your site two days ago through pinterest. You do really great work. I thought I would share my “technique” for transferring designs. I will print or copy a design on low quality copy paper or wide-ruled paper and just embroider through it, especially if the design is not too detailed. This works best on flat projects and I don’t use the good quality paper because it tears much easier (and I’m cheap). When you’re done just tear the paper off. I’m told that perforating your paper with a sewer’s tracing wheel and then rubbing over the holes with chalk works well, though I’ve not tried it personally.

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    • Lindsay Ballard says

      January 15, 2014 at 10:28 pm

      Oh, those are both really smart techniques that I hadn’t thought of. Thanks, AJ!

      Reply
  2. Kristin says

    January 15, 2014 at 7:50 pm

    You’ve almost made me think I could do this. Haha! This pillow would look fab on my family room couch! Hmmmmm

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    • Lindsay Ballard says

      January 15, 2014 at 10:28 pm

      Do it, girl! XOXO

      Reply
  3. Jackie says

    January 15, 2014 at 8:28 pm

    Lindsay, I heart this :). If someone doesn’t have transfer paper, they can probably run the back of their heart print out with white chalk and then trace it with a pencil. The chalk should clean up afterward with a damp cloth.

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    • Lindsay Ballard says

      January 15, 2014 at 10:28 pm

      Very smart, Jackie! I didn’t think of that. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Kiran says

        January 17, 2014 at 12:34 pm

        I’ve done it that way before and it totally works.

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  4. Jessica @ Dear Emmeline says

    January 16, 2014 at 2:03 pm

    how fun!!! I’m a big embroidery fan! This turned out awesome!

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  5. Julia@Cuckoo4Design says

    January 17, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    I’m a little behind on my blog reading but I love this idea! A LOT!

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      December 15, 2016 at 9:29 pm

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About Makely

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.

Lindsay lives outside of Austin, Texas with her husband (Tom), children (Zack and Emma), and dogs (Duke and Jill). She plays roller derby for the Rockin' City Rollergirls out of Round Rock, Texas.


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