No Sew Pillow {West Elm Inspired}
October 24, 2012 by Aimee • 29 Comments
It has been said, ‘Flattery is the sincerest form of compliment!’ Feel very complimented West Elm, because I totally love your Antler Pillow Cover! I’ll show you how I made my No Sew Pillow.
So much so that I turned on my CAMEO, grabbed some felt and interfacing, then heated up my iron!!! (I totally want to get a fabric cutter for my CAMEO, pet peeve is mixing craft scissors with fabric scissors).
I found a super cute forward facing Deer Head clipart and imported it into my library.
Then I opened the trace menu on my Silhouette Software (top right). I selected the image (trace area) with my mouse, played with the settings a little to get a good border highlighted in yellow, then clicked on trace and pulled (and deleted) the colored clip art. A perfect sketch of my deer head. I plugged in my Silhouette CAMEO and got the fabric ready.
I cut my felt and interfacing to 12×12 and then ironed the two pieces together. Took off the back side of the paper from the interfacing and there was a rubbery type texture on one side and a felt texture on the opposite side. I placed the square piece on my CAMEO mat, inserted it between the rollers and it was ready to be cut. Here are the settings I used to cut Felt with Interfacing on my Silhouette CAMEO: Speed 2 – Thickness 33 – Blade – 10. I was using a very thick felt and only had to use my scissors a bit to detach the deer head applique completely.
My Herringbone Pillow in front was a fun clearance find at Target. I think they were making room for the Nate Berkus Collection (speaking of have you picked up any of his goodies – craziness that all his chotskies are being cleared off the shelf instantaneously – why again was his show canceled).
Remember the Interfacing (rubbery texture) on the back side of my antler applique!?! I placed my antlers centered on the pillow and enjoyed ironing more than I have in a very long time! Once the felt was set, I placed it right where it belonged! L.O.V.E. – how can something that simple be that cute!?!
Thanks West Elm for my No Sew Pillow Antler Inspiration! Do you have the CAMEO? You could print, trace, and cut the shape, but this is so much more precise and SUPER fast, I’m smitten!
How cute is this. I love your chevron fabric and your copy is fabulous. Hugs, Marty
that is really cute! HO HO HO!
That turned out so cute….I love it!
So, no offense to West Elm, but I like yours way better Aimee!! It is absolutely darling!
Vanessa
I actually like yours better!!! Well done babe!
So awesome!!! I’m crazy about reindeers ! Thanks so much for sharing the great tutorial! I’d love for you to visit my blog.
Happy week!
Hugs from Portugal,
Ana Love Craft
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That looks perfect, Aimee! What a fantastic idea.
Megan
What a beautiful pillow, I like yours better.
This is my kind of project….easy but looks Fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing!
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I love your pillow very classic looking …your detail on explaining is superb!! new to your site and so excited to be reading your blog.
Such a great idea!!! I love pillows so much… I will try to make one!
Hi Aimee!
I am featuring your pillow as one of “My Friday Fave Pins” tomorrow, Oct. 26th. I hope you will stop by for a visit then to see the post.
Thanks for your inspiration!
Meegan
that came out great, I love a good knock off!
i was just thinking about making something similar for halloween with a skull on it, but since halloween is so close, this deer would be a better choice. great job!
Super cute! I love your version!
I LOVE knock offs! So cute!
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Thank you!
Sarah
I do have a Cameo and I adore it! Haven’t cut fabric with it yet, but I will. And I like your pillow much better than the original!!
SOOOO cute!
I love this idea!
I have a dicut machine (my brain is so tired I can’t even remember the brand name) but haven’t done a thing with it yet.
I think I need to get on it! : )
~Abbie
This is so gorgeous, I love projects like this! Pinning now
wow, it turned out beautifully. I can’t believe it’s no sew..super easy!
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Love the pillow. I don’t have a Cameo so it would have to be good old fashionedhand cutting for me.
Ruth
The pillow is adorable, Aimee! I am featuring it at this weeks Open House party.
Aimee – This is soooo cute! I like your version much better than the one from W. Elm.
Aimee, I love this pillow! It’s only now that I’ve seen the link, but the simple design is so clean and beautifully balanced! I am currently trying to finish my own antler pillow (but I went with white background and red reindeer
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I love this! It’s so annoying that we can’t get those geometric prints over here in the UK. I see it all over blogland and a WANT. lol! I like your version better too BTW. Much cuter!
I love this pillow. It would actually work in my house year round… I live in Tahoe
LOVE. I pinned that West Elm pillow to my DIY board, but ended up doing something a little different. I think yours is SO much cuter than the West Elm one (totally jealous of your Target find pillows!)
Sarah