Pop Art and Fabric Pieces Make an Affordable Pillow! I love making simple Pop Art pillow covers out of Fabric pieces and Photo Iron Transfer Paper. The kids can use photos of them and print them onto photo transfer paper.
Follow the instructions on your photo transfer paper and put your kids photo on a piece of canvas.
You can easily sew great looking Pillow covers out of almost any photo transferred to canvas.
If you do want to show the design on the Pop Art, the keep this in mind as you work on this simple vintage or retro Pop Art craft project.
Now, I like to simply first turn my Pop Art Photo Fabric face down. You want the good side facing down on the work surface.
Now, insert your pillow onto the Pop Art Photo Fabric. Place it so that the Pop Art Fabric wraps around it comfortably. You can place another piece of retro fabric on the back or save money with less expensive fabric that won’t show as much.
Now, take your straight pins and outline the Pop Art Self Portrait Fabric and back fabric around the pillow insert making sure to pin straight lines on all four sides.
Now, I like to unpin the bottom side and slide the inserted pillow out. This is optional though. It certainly is a lot easier to sew the pillow slipcover from the Pop Art Photo Fabric if there is no pillow inside though.
Now, sew along the top and the two sides with your sewing machine. I recommend starting at the bottom left and working my way to the bottomed right.
Now, I also recommend sewing this Pop Art Photo Fabric pillow slip cover with a matching thread, you will most likely be able to see the thread at some point, so pay attention to detail.
Now, you should also sew these three sides at least twice. This will ensure your retro pop art pillowslip cover stays together.
Now, cut of any lose thread and trim the three sides of the Pop Art Photo Fabric down to about three inches away from the lines you just sewed. Do not cut on the bottom where you have not sewn.
Now, turn the Pop Art Photo Fabric slipcover inside out. Insert your pillow back inside and sew it closed with your sewing machine or by hand. This is when you really do need the matching thread so it does not show up so much.
Basically you are finished.
If you want to sew some embellishments onto the Pop Art Photo Fabric pillowslip cover I recommend using another piece of a different colored Pop Art Photo Fabric. You could also use vintage buttons.
Cut out a square of Pop Art Photo Fabric that is about three inches bigger in each direction than the shape you want.
Now, before you insert the pillow and sew the slipcover shut you want to lay your piece of accent retro fabric onto the front of the Pop Art Photo Fabric pillow. Use a piece of chalk to outline your shapes. Now, use the sewing machine to sew along the chalk line. You need to bunch the other side up so you do not sew through bow sides of the pop art pillow cover. It will keep you from inserting your pillow if you do.
Now, take your scissors and trim off about ½ to 1-inch away form the line you sewed outlining the shape.
Remove any excess fabric then insert the pillow and sew it closed!
