To make a selection of festive pillows like mine, you will first need to cut out a small variety of heart shaped templates from cardboard. Cut these to the sizes you think will look nice on the doll's sofa inside of your dollhouse.
The first set of pillows photographed below were made by wrapping both pink and lavender chenille yarn around a couple of cardboard heart shaped templates. There was no sewing involved in the process at all. I simple wound the chenille yarn around and around each shape until all of the surface under the yarn was completely covered. Plus I added a bit more yarn to make our doll-sized pillows nicely plump and cushy. When you feel your pillows are wrapped just right, clip the end of the yarn and tuck this end piece neatly under a few of the strands. You can squeeze out a bit of glue between the fibers at this place in the wrap to hold the end in place if you prefer.
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| Two finished and wrapped hearts in pastel pink and purple on our 18 inch, tweed doll couch. |
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| Finished pillow arranged on a doll sofa. |
The smaller decorative pillows shown above were made by sewing together two identical felt hearts together. Sew around the edges using a blanket stitch, stuffing with cotton fiber through a whole at the edge, and then sew shut that hole with a few more blanket stitches. Tack on a ribbon, a flower and a bit of lace for further embellishment and soon you will have a playful cluster of pillows to liven' up any dollhouse for this charming February holiday.
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