Soft, velvet pillow decked with simple yet beautiful faux pearls.
Soft velvet pillows with faux pearl embellishments will sparkle up your room!

Posted by Lydia L. • Published 8th October 2018 • See Lydia L.'s 7 projects »

Step 1
First take a rule and marker and draw two 21”x 21” squares. Then draw a 20” x 20” square inside each of the squares.
Cut along the 21” x 21” squares. Put them on top of each other so the velvet is inside and the rough fabric is outside.
Step 2
Sew on the marker line (the 20 “x 20” (large size) or 12" x 12" (small size) square you drew). To sew, you can either use a sewing machine or by hand, take a long piece of thread (the same color of the fabric) and string it through a needle. Tie the end. Weave in and out of the fabric with super close incisions (about 1 millimeter in length) until 4-5” of the thread remain. Then tie a knot as close to the fabric then repeat the step again until 3 sides are sewn and ¾ of the last side is sewn.
Once you have sewn ¾ of the last side, flip the pillow inside out and stuff the pillow with polyester filling until it it fully stuffed to your choice.
Step 3
Then carefully sew the pillow together.
Step 4
Estimate in your mind where the location of you want your pearls to be sewn on the pillow. I did a 3x3 row (total 9 pearls) but of course you can be creative!
Step 5
Sew the pearls in by weaving in the pillow and through the pearl bead and weaving out so it’s like a circle. Once it’s tight enough, you can tie a knot cut the string and sew the rest of your pearls.
Step 6
Hope you enjoy!