Hi all! After my sweet friend Olivia explained to me how to make a fabric transfer in less than five minutes, I started to think about my next project. I have some fabric scraps from one of my curtains, so I decided to do a pillow for my bed. I designed it with some pretty typography I have, I mirrored and printed it and prepared all the necessary materials: spray varnish, fabric, the design and a sheet of newspaper or similar.
How to make your fabric transfer pillow case
First of all, you need to lay the newspaper on your table to protect it. Then you have to place the design on it and spray it with the varnish; once you’re done place the design over the fabric and rub it with the back of a spoon to make the ink transfer. As soon as you’ve done all the rubbing just lift the paper and voilà! You can find graphic instructions at this post, I promise it’s easy and fast. It takes longer to explain than to do it.
Love the crisp lines it has. It would be great as a gift too, who doesn’t want a pretty pillow for their bed or sofa?
I share with you some tricks to make the ink fixes better on the fabric: 1) Soak your fabric in vinegar. 2) Iron the fabric by the wrong side.
I hope you find it as useful as I did!
By the way, if you’d like to make your own pillow case you will find the free printable here.
Thank you so much for stopping by!
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This is such a sweet little pillow. It looks perfect on your bed:) I didn’t know about the vinegar trick, I’ll have to try that one out. Have a great day!
Hi Wendi!Thanks for stopping by, I’m glad you like it. The vinegar trick makes a lot of difference when washing, it’s worth trying it!
Have a great day!
Pili, I adore this pillow!! Your cute little transfer turned out perfect! I love the typography you used, too! Please come share this @ the What to do Weekends party, so I can share your cute pillow with my readers!
Thanks for the tutorial! Pinned,too!
Theresa @ Shoestring Elegance
Theresa, thank you so much for stopping by and your kind words. No doubt I’ll go and share it, thanks for letting me know!
Have a great weekend,
So glad to see you brought this over! I’ll be sharing it on Shoestring’s Facebook tonight!
Have a great Saturday!
Theresa
Love how the pillow turned out! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!
Hi Amanda! Thank you for stopping by and hosting 🙂
I just wanted to double check on the vinegar trick. Do you spray the fabric with vinegar? It wasn’t really clear. Thanks. What a cute pillow.
Hi Meloni, you’re right it’s not clear enough on the post. I took a small container, poured some vinegar and soaked the fabric.
Thanks for your comment, I’ll edit the post.
PINNED. I love the pillow!!! Linda @Crafts a la mode
Hi Linda! I have to admit it is really cute. Thanks for stopping by!
Cute! I love finding out these neat tricks for transferring printed items! Thanks for sharing with us at the Merry Monday link party. I’ve chosen your post as my featured pick for next week’s party. It will start on Sunday at 6 PM PST. I hope you’ll stop by to pick up a “I was featured” button!
Hi Ashley! Glad to hear the trick is useful for you, you’ll see it is super fast and easy, no messy. Thanks for featuring it, of course I’ll stop by to pick up the button and to party again! Have a great week!
What a cute pillow! It would look so cute on my bed or couch.
Thank you, Jamie! Yes, the pillow could fit anywhere. Thanks for stopping by!
super cute! I love this idea xx
Thanks Tiana!! Really glad you like it too
Hugs
Love this pillow! Thank you for sharing and thank you so much for linking up with us over at the OMHHWW! Have a wonderful long weekend!!
Thank so much Ashleigh! It was fun to make and I really like how it looks on my bed. It’s a pleasure to link up with OMHHWW and have a wonderful weekend you too!
Cute! Stopping by from Your Inspired Design Link Party.
Hi Christine! Thank you so much for stopping by!
Your pillow is beautiful, and this method looks so easy! Pinning this to try later!
Hi Amy! Yes it’s so easy that once you try it you won’t be able to stop doing other things 😉 Thanks so much for stopping by!
This is an adorable pillow with such a sweet message. Thank you for sharing with me! #FridayFunday <3
You’re always so kind with your comments, love to share it with you!
Hi Pili. You make this sound so easy. Everything I’ve ever ready about doing this seems so difficult. I’m definitely going to try it. Thank you so much for linking up at Thriving on Thursdays. It was a real pleasure to have you. I’m featuring this at tomorrow’s party! Hope to see you again with some more of your gorgeous things.
Anne @ Domesblissity
Hi, Anne! So kind of you to take time to stop by and comment, I really appreciate it. Once you try it you’ll see it’s as easy as it seems. And thanks so much for featuring it, I love to be able to inspire more people to try it. See you tomorrow at the party!!
This is going to be fun. Gotta try this ASAP!!
Thanks for linking up at Your Inspired Design!
Holly, it’s really addictive! Once you try it you won’t be able to stop! Thanks for stopping by
Pili, I love this, can you take a picture of the spray varnish you used? I wold love to try this but not really sure what I should buy, I love this project and the pillow. Just gorgeous!!!
I think I answered to your question in another post, but I let you know I’m preparing an easy tutorial about spray transfer with pictures
Hi Pili. This is so cute and such a must try project! Thanks for sharing at Five Star Frugal this week. Love, Mimi xxx
Hi Mimi! Many thanks!!
What graphic or typeface(s) (inc k using size) did you use to create the pillow? I really like the combination of fonts.
Hi Debbie, they are Allegro and Academy Engraved. Some woman like purses, I loooove typograhpy 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by. If you decide to subscribe, I’ll be sharing specific content and downloads only for subscribers
I love your pretty pillow you made Pili.
Thanks for sharing how to make one at Cooking and Crafting with J & J.
We love having you and hope to see you again.
Julie at Julie’s Lifestyle
Many thanks, Julie. See you next week!
I love how this turned out!
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Thank you so much, Jess!
I love this pillow! Could you provide a link for a download of your print out for the lettering for subscribers? I am not super crafty, so that would be really helpful in trying to attempt this project! Thanks, Susan
Hi Susan!
Thank you so much for the suggestion, this was one of my first posts on the blog and I didn’t think about sharing the file.
You’ll find it here: https://sweethings.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Home-Sweet-Home.jpg
I’d love to see yours, thanks for stopping by!
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