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Handmade touches are what makes houses (and apartments) into homes. Crochet and knit pillows can add a bold pop of color or quiet statement to any room. In this roundup, I’m sharing 40 free crochet and knitting patterns for pillows. Get your yarn ready and find your next home decor project right here. Photos are © the […]

We created the Top 10 Projects of 2016 by looking at all of the wonderful work submitted by our designers throughout the entire year and pulled together this list of the most popular projects. Please leave a comment and let us know if you agree with our selections or share another project that you feel was worthy of […]

Pillow projects are a great way to decorate and add comfort to any room in your house.  Fairfield World offers a huge variety of pillow inserts and foam for any project you can think of.  Here are ten perfect pillow projects to help you start creating your own pillow home decor! Placemat Pillow by Charm […]

  Make a Christmas pillow appliqué featuring a snow globe with your favorite Christmas image on the inside.  You can use the woody wagon pattern or any pattern you chose. The technique is the same and just the patterns are different. Use your pillows and throws to create an inviting holiday home.  Make your own Christmas […]

Houston Texas is the home of the International Quilt Market and Quilt Festival, two of our favorite weeks of the year.  Week one is set up and Quilt Market and week two is Quilt Festival and tear down. During Quilt Festival there is an amazing display of quilts hosted by the  International Quilt Association.  The […]

Charm Square Butterflies are a fun way to accent a custom pillow. Make a butterfly pillow that is easy sew and looks great using charm squares or your left over scraps cut down to size.   You can hand sew the butterfly body, machine sew or even use embroidery floss and beads for more detail. […]

A kids artwork pillow make great gifts for relatives or decorations for their very own rooms.  Missy is the daughter of one of our favorite designers, Heather from the Sewing Loft made a pillow of her very own art.  Heather is lucky enough to have an embroidery machine that will convert art to embroidery images. […]

Summer is a great time for learning new skills or starting new projects!  Take advantage of the sunny days, the warmer weather, and your vacation time to make something for yourself.  To help you get started with your sewing, we’ve compiled a list of fabulous, fun, summer themed projects that you can sew this summer! […]

Learn how to make a custom pillow cover with Heather from the Sewing Loft.  Not only is this pillow cover a great way to use your scraps it is absolutely adorable to boot.  Stick double sided fusible webbing holds the appliqué letters in place and the rays of the sunshine too.  Learn how to free […]

This month we are thrilled to introduce you to the talented Melissa of Melly Sews.  A former teacher turned stay at home mom, Melissa is extraordinarily gifted at explaining things in a way that anyone can understand!  Her site is a place where you can “dream, learn, make”, which Melissa explains here: Want to know […]

Round ball pillows are fun to display and even more fun to play with.  We make Soft Touch® 12″ Round Pillow Ball and also a Soft Touch® 10″ Round Pillow Ball Round is all the rage for toys and decorating! These pillow balls are soft, plump and so much fun to dress up in fabric, yarn, ribbons and […]

We are excited to be participating in the 75th Anniversary CHA conference and Trade Show.  In honor of this anniversary we are participating in a CHA Blog Hop with over 50 other manufactures. Help us celebrate the CHA MEGA Show’s 75th anniversary for a whole week – Monday, December 7 through Friday, December 11. Each […]

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows Pillow Tutorial – Now that the 4th of July is over, it’s time to celebrate the other big day in July…Harry Potter’s birthday of course.  If you’ve read my regular blog at Pieces by Polly, you’ll know that our family members are big Harry Potter fans, so I’m excited to do this […]

I love the color combination of orange and pink. I stocked up on some fun quilting fabrics in these colors and used them to make several different projects. I had some scraps leftover and knew that they would be perfect for creating yo-yos so I decided to create these fabric scrap yo-yo pillows. Materials for […]

You or someone special will love this Heart Cuddle Pillow for Valentine’s Day.  It’s simple to make and can be done in about half an hour. No one can resist cuddly softness of minky, and using a Cuddle Cake pre-cuts from Shannon Fabrics, and a pillow insert from Fairfield make this a super fast project to […]

Holly Jolly Stamped Accent Pillow by guest designer Carmen Flores Tanis BZZY LITTLE BEE .  We hope you think her project is as adorable as we do. I am so delighted to be a guest blogger today and to share with you a fun accent pillow which I made using Fairfield World products. This little accent […]

What better way to dress up the home for the holidays than by making this fun simple Pieced Holiday Pillow Cover. It takes but an afternoon to whip this up, and when the holidays are over the cover can be taken off and stored folded or flat for a clever and space saving storage solution! […]

    Sometimes it may be difficult to locate the address numbers on your home. If you incorporate them as an art applique on a pillow tucked in the rocking chair on your front porch they cannot be missed. To go one step further consider dressing up this simple pillow design with seasonal flowers attached […]

Let’s talk abstract forms and drawings and then let’s take that idea and make a pillow art with decorative trimmings.  Here’s how to get started. Supplies for Decorative Trimmings Pillow Art : Poly-Fil® Soft Touch® 12″ x 16″ Pillow Form Natural Canvas Fabric Assorted Natural Colored Trims by Decorative Trimmings Assorted Buttons Patterns* Your choice of pattern […]

Hands on Heart  Breast Cancer Pillow Drive – Hands on Heart is a month long Charity Drive to Benefit Breast Cancer Awareness and is supported by Fairfield, Favecrafts.com and AllFreeSewing.com.      October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women. With that in mind, we here at […]

With school having just started up again, our kids are getting back into the routine of homework and for my kids, that means extra reading every night.  Having someplace comfortable and fun to read can really help draw those reluctant readers out.  I’ve been wanting to make some quilted reading pillows for our school library […]

These Flip-Flop Blocks are a fast and easy quilt block to make.  The pattern uses strip piecing, so there aren’t a lot of pieces to deal with.  I used my blocks to make a quilted pillow, but you could easily make more blocks and use them to make a fun quilt.  You can vary the […]

This soft and cozy no-sew fleece pillow is easy to make and best of all, there’s no sewing involved.  Plus,  unlike many no-sew fleece projects, there are also no knots that can be lumpy and uncomfortable.  Instead you’ll end up with a lovely braided look like this… Supplies for No-Sew Braided-Edge Fleece Pillow: 16-in Poly-fil […]

It can be hard to know what to do with a loved one’s clothes after they’ve passed away, especially those items which they wore so often that the clothes are well connected to them in our memory. Turning a special shirt or sweatshirt into a pillow, quilt, or stuffie not only gives you a visual […]