We are incredibly thrilled to welcome a fabulous guest to HowDoesShe today! She is one super talented gal and she is here to share a DIY you will not want to miss! Take it away, Darleen!
Hello! My name is Darleen, and I am posting my first craft tutorial here at HowDoesShe! I stay busy over at Darling Darleen creating beautiful things, and with my shop Darleen Meier Jewelry. I’ve recently been obsessed with “all things gold”. I like to blame it on the fact that I’m a jewelry designer, but really I think it’s because gold adds that touch of glitz and glam.
Today I am sharing with you a simple sewing tutorial on how to make a gold sequined word script decorative pillow. Word script prints, t-shirts, and pillows are the trend right now, and I’m going to show you how to make one with a little gold.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- pillow insert
- pillow cover (I made a simple one out of white fabric I had on hand). You can find a tutorial here.
- gold sequined ribbon
- scissors
- needle and thread
- graphite paper
- pencil
- print out of a font you would like to use
To begin, you need to decide on one word you would like to use. I went with “love”, but there are other good ones like hope, faith, beach, home, family, happy…to name a few. Go to your computer and type your word in a font you would like to use and adjust the font size so the letters would be large enough to cover your pillow size. My word needed to be printed on two pages, and then I taped them together so the letters would make “love”.
Now take your pillow cover and place the graphite paper down on the cover, and then place the font page on top of the graphite paper. Use your pencil and trace the letters of your word. The graphite paper will transfer the the font style word script onto the pillow cover.
You will see your word lightly written on the pillow cover, and now you are ready to sew on the gold sequins. This is the part that takes a little more time! Thread your needle and take the gold sequin ribbon and begin to hand stitch the ribbon over each letter. I used a straight stitch, and it held each sequins in place. The hole of each sequins was my marker to push my needle through. Once I got it down, it went pretty quickly.
Now you are done and ready to cover the pillow insert. Enjoy as an accent to your other decorative pillow throws!
Kellee says
i looooove this!
Shelley says
How easy is this?! I’m so excited about it. I love the simplicity of the sequins and how they pop. Gorgeous, gorgeous. Thanks for sharing. It’s on my to do list…
Ashley says
Such a pretty pillow. I will be making these with my daughters. Thanks for the great idea and I love your pictures.
Bobbi says
This is a project even I can do! I love how I can customize this to be any word at all, and in any font. BRILLIANT!! Thanks for sharing!
alison says
This is darling! I love the white couch too:)
Marleen says
This will be perfect for my tween daughter’s room. Love, love it!
Mindy says
Lets say I don’t want to make the pill.ow so much as buy it. 🙂 Are you selling?
Lori Beth says
This is so pretty!!! When you sew on the sequins do you stitch every sequin or like every other one?? Can’t wait to try this!