At the request of many needlewomen, I am publishing a rose pillow master class. Elena Kravchenko from the city of Novomoskovsk
- the author of this luxurious pillow. A rose pillow carefully made according to her advice will decorate the interior and arouse the genuine admiration of friends and family.

The result should be a charming pillow in the shape of a lush rose.

1. First you need to make patterns for the rose pillow. Since this is not just a pillow, but a pillow in the shape of a gorgeous flower, the petals should be voluminous. Therefore, each petal is cut out in two copies: one from beige fabric, the second from pink.

Patterns of the upper petals (small and large) with a fold

Patterns of the lower petals (small and large) with a fold

The result should be 8 upper petals and 8 lower ones, 4 from each fabric (beige and pink).

2. You will also need two strips of fabric 7 cm wide and 1 m long.

3. Along the edge of the front side of the upper and lower petals of a smaller size, an edging is attached, aligning the cuts.

4. Then their second halves are carefully adjusted onto the prepared petals with edging.

5. The petals are turned onto the face, the seams are aligned and all irregularities are removed.

6. The petals are bent in half and notches are made (to determine the center of the parts).

7. The finished petals are filled with padding polyester or other filler. A stitch is laid along the bottom edge. The rose pillow will turn out more magnificent if a counter fold is placed on the top part to match the central notches.

8. From the cut strips (7 cm x 1 m), 2 strips are sewn together with the edging, turned inside out, filled with padding polyester and also sewn along the bottom edge.

9. The resulting long padding polyester tape is rolled into a roll and a small rose is obtained. The bottom edge is hand stitched. This way, a DIY rose pillow will be very neat.

10. From fabric of 2 colors you need to cut out 2 more circles, with a diameter proportional to the size of the petals. In this case it is 32 cm.

11. The circles are connected right sides together, laid on padding polyester and stitched together with it, but not completely.

12. A small hole is left in order to turn the base of the rose inside out and then sew it up by hand.

13. On the resulting circle, you must first find the center, and then secure the two lower petals at the same distance from it, collecting their bases into neat small folds.

14. Petals are attached for strength.

15. Then two more lower petals with the same folds are attached to the base.

16. And these petals are sewn on with machine stitching.

17. The upper petals are sewn in the same way. Thanks to this, the rose pillow turns out to be very similar to the real one.

Pillows in the shape of flowers add to the room special charm. They look impressive on the sofa and armchair. Sleeping on these, however, is not very comfortable, but such products are not intended for sleeping, they have a purely decorative function. You will learn how to sew a rose pillow from our article.

What can be made from old things?

So, DIY flower pillow - the master class begins. If you are taking up needlework for the first time, it is better not to rush to the store for expensive, eye-catching fabric, but to look at what you have in your closet. Many women, who are not inclined to limit themselves in clothing, sometimes have a closet full of things that they don’t want to wear, but it’s a pity to throw away. It is quite possible that there will be:

• an old but strong silk or chiffon dress;
• a disused faux velvet skirt;
• A beautiful but uncomfortable synthetic blouse.

Now is the time to give them a second life by turning them into something spectacular for your home.

Preparing the fabric

In order for an item to be used in a new capacity, it must be processed:

1. Carefully cut off all buttons, snaps and hooks.
2. Remove the threads.
3. Spread the product along the seams, not forgetting about darts, cuffs, collar and other small details.
4. What you are guaranteed to never need is better to throw away immediately.
5. Wash the pieces of fabric thoroughly and iron them if necessary.
6. If there are damaged areas, remove them.

Important! Regardless of whether you buy new fabric or decide to use old clothes, the material must meet certain requirements:

• it should be thin, but dense and not very crumbling;
• It is better to take a plain fabric or with a small pattern, otherwise the shape will be difficult to see.

In this case, the ability to change sizes after washing does not play a big role, although it is useful to wash or iron new cotton or linen through a damp cloth before work.

What else do you want?

To make your own flower pillow spectacular and of high quality, you will need a few more things:

• sewing machine;
• needles suitable for this fabric;
• sewing threads of appropriate quality;
• contrasting color threads for basting;
• needle for hand sewing;
• padding polyester or thin foam rubber;
• braid - matching or contrasting;
• cardboard for template;
• ruler;
• compass;
• ball pen.

Braid

The braid can be of two types - thin for processing the edges of the petals and wide for trimming the middle. You can do something else with the petals - for example, trim them with narrow lace. As for the quantity, you will need about 15 m.

Sintepon and threads

You need about 3 m of padding polyester. You can, of course, stuff the petals with thin sheet foam rubber, but this option is worse - over time, this material begins to release substances that are not very beneficial to health. Sintepon is absolutely neutral, so your DIY rose pillow will serve you until the fabric falls apart.

Important! Parts stuffed with this material can be arranged in assemblies, and this is very important for this particular product.

It is better to select threads for a specific fabric. It is more convenient to sew cotton or linen with cotton, everything else with synthetic ones.

Important! If you need to connect several parts from different materials, synthetic threads (not nylon) are preferable.

Pillow options

A DIY rose pillow is made from several petals. Their number depends on the size of the product:

• A small pillow (for example, for a doll's corner or a crib) consists of 5-6 petals laid out in one layer.
• A sofa product consists of 8 or even 12 identical elements.

Important! In both cases, they are attached to the middle - a two-layer circle.

DIY rose pillow pattern

Any sewing begins with cutting. A decorative pillow in this sense is no exception. There are only two cutting options:

• all petals are identical in shape and size;
• the pillow consists of two layers, and the upper petals are smaller than the lower ones.

In the first case, you will need one template, in the second - two, but they differ only in size. By the way, the same principle is used to sew a do-it-yourself daisy pillow, a poppy, or any other flower - they will differ only in the shape of the petals.

Important! You can also make petals different shapes, but it is important that one side, which is sewn to the middle, is straight.

Making a template

You can, of course, find a rose petal pattern on the Internet or in a handicraft book, enlarge it to the desired size and cut it out. But there is nothing difficult about drawing it with your own hands:

1. Place a sheet of approximately A4 size cardboard on the table with the short side facing you.
2. Set aside 3 cm from the upper right corner.
3. Find the middle of the top short side and mark it with a dot.
4. Set aside 8 cm from the upper left corner and make another mark.
5. Connect these three points with an arc.
6. From the lower right corner, set aside 1 cm upward.
7. Connect this point to the lower left corner with a smooth line.
8. Connect the same point to the beginning of the upper arc, that is, to the point that is located on the long left side at a distance of 8 cm from the corner.
9. Cut out the template along the outline.

Important! For a smaller petal, first cut a rectangle, for example, reducing a standard sheet by ⅓ vertically and horizontally. It's okay if the petals are slightly different in shape.

Center template

This is even easier than cutting a petal. You only need to cut out a circle:

• If you made the petals from an A4 sheet, a circle with a diameter of 10-15 cm is suitable for the middle if you are sewing a rose.
• Chamomile will have a larger center.

There are no strict ratios here; the main thing is to maintain approximate dimensions.

Uncover

DIY decorative rose pillow - the master class continues. And it's time to cut the petals. For a small pillow, all parts of which will be sewn from the same fabric, the procedure will be as follows:

1. If the piece is large, fold it in half with the wrong side facing out.
2. Place the two pieces with right sides facing each other.
3. Trace the template strictly along the outline.
4. Cut out the parts, making allowances of 1-1.5 cm along all sections.
5. Cut out padding from padding polyester - from 2 to 6 for each petal, no allowances are needed.

Important! Cut out the middle from the same fabric using a round template, not forgetting about the allowances. There can be more layers of padding polyester to make this part look more voluminous.

Pillow with two layers of petals

In this case, you need to cut out 4 large petals and 4 smaller ones - 8 parts in total. In all other respects, the cutting order is exactly the same as for the first option. The smaller the pillow, the thinner the petals will be. The lower ones can be made more voluminous; for the upper ones, 2-4 layers of padding are enough.

Important! If you use foam rubber, only one layer is placed in all petals and in the middle.

How to make a rose pillow if all the parts are already there?

Now the time has come to design each element in order to then collect them all together.

Middle

Let's start, perhaps, from the middle:

1. Cut a piece wide braid approximately 3 times the circumference.
2. Sew along the long edge with a basting stitch and make gathers so that the length matches the edge of the workpiece.
3. Iron the allowances of both parts to the wrong side, if necessary, make cuts so that the fabric does not puff up.
4. To the part that will be on top, baste the braid along the wrong side.
5. Fold the parts with the wrong sides facing each other, placing the padding polyester between them so that it is under the allowances.
6. Baste the design at a distance of 1.5 cm from the edge so that you can insert the petals between the layers.

Petals

Each petal is processed almost the same as the middle, but there are differences:

1. Place the petal pieces with right sides facing each other, aligning all the cuts.
2. Baste them along the rounded edge and stitch them together.
3. In several places, cut the seam allowance close to the seam.
4. Turn the workpiece inside out.
5. Press the seam allowances along the open edge inward.
6. Insert padding polyester.
7. Sew a basting stitch along the open edge.

Important! If you decide to trim the edges with braid or lace, the trim should be placed between the layers so that it protrudes from the front side in an even line.

Assembly

Before sewing the flower pillow into a single piece, lightly pull the basting together. Then proceed like this:

1. Bring the open edge of the petal between the layers of the center.
2. Place the remaining petals in the same way, tightening the basting if necessary and arranging beautiful gatherings.
3. Sew the entire structure along the edge of the center using a zigzag or decorative stitch.

A pillow in the shape of a delicate rose, which we will make with our own hands in a step-by-step selection with patterns and informative photos, at first glance may seem quite difficult. However, detailed videos will help you better navigate the sewing process, and the master class will completely dispel any uncertainty! Get to work!

How to sew a rose pillow with your own hands with patterns and photos: rose garden

There are several dozen, if not hundreds of species of roses in nature. Of course, a pillow in the shape of a rose cannot be classified as a type of vegetation, but even here the commendable variety pleases the eye.

In addition to being quite beautiful, such a pillow is also practical - after all, you will need old T-shirts to make it. They are cut into strips, which are then twisted into roses, each of which is then fixed and sewn to the base. In addition to T-shirts, old bed linen can be a suitable material - it is both soft and colorful. Quite painstaking work, but the result looks tempting.

The second version of the rose pillow is using an existing pillowcase and felt. The felt is cut into circles, each of which is then cut into a spiral, and twisted clockwise from the tip to the middle into a rose. Then the flowers are also sewn onto the pillowcase. Of course, this is not the fastest sewing option, but such a pillow looks quite elegant, and again, leftovers and multi-colored pieces of felt can be used.

For such a pillow you will also need a base and felt, as well as petal templates. Having cut out all the details, they are sewn onto the base, giving the product volume. It is convenient to work with felt - it is easy to cut, pierce with a needle, and its edges do not require additional processing, since they do not crumble.

Another option is perhaps the simplest to implement - it will require fabric 2-3 meters long and one and a half meters wide. Thin padding polyester is suitable as a filler. It needs to be placed between layers of fabric folded in half, and all three layers should be stitched together. Then twist this strip in a spiral from the tip to the middle and secure it.

Materials.

The fabric you will use directly depends on the “type” of rose that you like. By and large, there are no restrictions, there are recommendations. If you are going to make a rose, each petal of which is itself a small pillow, you should not take a transparent fabric like chiffon, since the rose petals will contain filler - holofiber or padding polyester. The second piece of advice is that if you are not a very experienced seamstress, then it is better not to use difficult-to-process materials like satin, organza and silk. Despite the fact that they are very beautiful, working with them is not as easy as we would like. Mixed fabrics, crepe-satin, denim are the most optimal fabrics for such a product. Old cotton T-shirts can serve as training material if your sewing skills are limited or you are afraid of ruining good material.

To work you will need:

• Fabric in two colors per meter
• Filling – holofiber or padding polyester
• Finishing braid (braid or bias tape)
• Scissors, chalk, pins
• Petal patterns
• Sewing machine

You don’t need any patterns for sewing such a pillow, but a template for the petals and details will certainly come in handy.

Work process. First stage. Each petal is cut out in duplicate from different fabrics. Place the fabrics with right sides facing each other and trace according to the template. For a rose pillow you need 8 upper petals and 8 lower ones, 4 from each fabric. You will also need two strips of fabric 7 cm wide and 1 m long for the core.

Second phase. Fold each petal blank from layers of fabric. A braid is attached along the edge of the front side of the upper and lower petals of a smaller size.

After this, the petals with edging are carefully adjusted to their second halves. Turn the petals inside out, align and cut off excess threads. Bend each petal twice in height, and mark the middle - with a pencil or by making a cut.

Third stage. Stuff the finished parts with holofiber, the edge is sewn together with a simple stitch on a machine. Cut out a strip 7 cm wide per meter, stitch with piping, fill with holofiber and stitch. Don’t stuff the filler too tightly, it’s better to be looser, otherwise you won’t be able to roll the strip into a beautiful rosette. Roll this strip into a roll and secure with a hand stitch.

Fourth stage. Base. Cut out two circles with a diameter of about 30 cm. Connect them with their right sides facing each other, place them on padding polyester, and sew without closing the seam. Turn it right side out through the remaining hole and sew it up.

Mark the center on this circle, and secure the two lower petals at an equal distance from each other. Gather them into neat folds, secure with safety pins or stitches and sew on a machine.

Also attach two more petals and stitch. The upper petals are sewn in the same way, but in a checkerboard pattern relative to the bottom row. A rolled strip is sewn into the center. The pillow is ready.

Video materials for clarity

Today there are a huge number of varieties. Whatever craftswomen can do with their golden hands! And in this article we will look at the pattern of the “rose” pillow.

With your own hands, using our master class, you can create a very cute and stylish accessory to decorate your interior.

Which fabric to choose

The “rose” pillow, the master class of which will be discussed, requires a certain type and quality of fabric. It is better to choose a denser material. The so-called heavy fabric. If you use a light and thin canvas, it will be difficult to work, and you won’t get the desired effect. Since the flower itself is quite beautiful and interesting, it is better to choose a plain material so that attention is not distracted by the variegated fabric. Each flower piece has a back and a front, which can be made from different materials. Of course, for the front part you need to use a more beautiful and expensive material, and for the back part you can use a worse fabric.

What else will you need for work?

In addition to fabric, you will also need padding material. For example, batting or synthetic fluff. You will also need sewing machine, iron and scissors. In some places you may need to do this, so make sure you have a needle and thread to match the color of the material. You will also need a plastic base for the center of the flower. For this purpose, you can easily use a coffee lid or cut a circle of the required diameter from a file folder. You will also need patterns. You can easily make a pattern for a “rose” pillow with your own hands. It's best if you use freezer paper. But if there is no such thing, then a regular one will do just fine.

DIY rose pillow. Patterns step by step

The flower requires only four different patterns. Two petal sizes and two leaf sizes.

Now let's talk about how to make a rose pillow with your own hands. The patterns, photos of which are presented in this article, must correspond proportionally to each other. It is very convenient to use freezer paper for them. Each pattern requires ten copies. What is good about freezer paper in this case? Well, first of all, you don't have to circle the same thing ten times. The hand-drawn pattern of the “rose” pillow is reproduced in the required quantity on paper and cut out. You simply lay out the parts with the waxed side facing the material and iron them. And then you cut around the workpiece, retreating to allowances. And secondly, the use of such patterns allows you to most accurately lay them out on the material and thereby use the fabric sparingly.

Cutting fabric

Before cutting out all the parts and attaching them, the canvas needs to be ironed and folded in half or two parts together face to face. To prevent the fabric from moving during the process and you end up with a cutting error, pin the material along the edge with pins.

In order to get a decorative “rose” pillow without errors or distortions, the pattern must be laid evenly and cut out accurately. If you use some old clothes for sewing, then you need to cut them open, remove all the threads, wash them and iron them well. And only then lay out the pattern pieces on the fabric.

Sew leaves

Before us is a completely cut decorative “rose” pillow. We don't need the pattern yet. And we begin sewing leaves. We should have five large leaves and five small ones. The parts need to be folded face to face and stitched. After this, you should trim off the excess allowance, cut off the corner and make notches in convex and curved places. We do not stuff leaves. Cutting the corner from the wrong side is done so that on the front side the corner has a neat, clear shape. Help yourself by turning out the leaves wooden stick. Just be careful not to damage the fabric or seams. After all the leaves are turned out, they must be ironed well. To give them a more interesting look, sew a stitch, departing from the edge about 0.5 cm. If your sewing machine allows it, then select a decorative stitch for this purpose.

Creating petals

How then do you make the “rose” pillow with your own hands, the patterns of which were discussed above? She can't do without petals. In our version there are only ten of them. Five big ones and five small ones. Each petal consists of three identical parts: the upper and lower parts are made of fabric, and the middle one, which is located between them, is made of batting. Although the petals, of course, can be sewn from two parts and filled with filler. In the latter case, each petal will be voluminous in itself, like a pillow.

Thinner petals, like leaves, are stitched along the edge to give a voluminous effect. Now you need to assemble two rings from the petals. One is made of large petals and the other is made of smaller petals. To do this, place two identical petals next to each other and pin them together with pins. If you are satisfied with their appearance, then set the machine to the longest “zigzag” and stitch in the place where they are most in contact with each other. Perform these actions until all five petals close into one circle.

Then do the same with the other five petals. If your petals are not flat, but voluminous, then they should be collected in a slightly different way. First, a base is created from two circles of matter with padding polyester or batting located between them. And then the petals bigger size pin on this circle and attach using a machine. After that, smaller petals are placed in the second tier, and the same is done with them. And in the original version, leaves are attached to the bottom of the large flower and between the petal rings. And now you need to give your hand-sewn rose pillow its finished look. The patterns that we learned to make in this article, we just need to add one more and make the middle of the flower.

Flower center

You probably noticed that the “rose” pillow pattern we made does not have a piece for the center of the flower. Now we will look at how to complete this middle in two ways. For flat and voluminous flowers. So, for a flat flower, it is proposed to make a wicker center. To do this, take a piece of fabric square shape and on the reverse side, draw a network with small square cells on it. Now draw diagonals in the cells in a checkerboard pattern. In different rows, draw diagonals in different directions. Now all that remains is to connect the edges of each diagonal using a needle and thread.

On the front side the fabric will have the appearance of a basket weave. Now stretch it all over a plastic piece and sew it in or just glue it into the middle of the flower. There is another option for the middle part. This piece is a long but narrow rectangle. You could even say - a streak. Two such strips of fabric should be cut. We stitch them together, turn them inside out and lightly fill them with padding. We need to stuff it so that this stuffing does not interfere with our folding of this strip.

Once the piece is completed, it needs to be rolled into a rose shape and secured by hand using a needle and thread. Now this center should be placed in the center of our pillow and sewn by hand.

OK it's all over Now. The wonderful “rose” pillow, the master class of which we reviewed, is ready to sit on your sofa and delight not only you, but also your guests with its appearance. It will be quite an attractive part of the interior. It's all because of the unusual pillow pattern. It is not very difficult to create a rose from fabric with your own hands. Experiment with color and shape, and then your pillow will fit perfectly into absolutely any

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How to sew a "Rose" pillow


Make a pattern template (photo with dimensions for a 56 cm pillow).


For one pillow you will need:
Satin crepe (2 different colors, 90 cm each).
Sintepon 3-3.5 m (I like “Alaska” better).
The braid is at least 2-2.5 cm wide, 15 meters (I use galloon).
Thick nylon threads and regular threads in the color of the fabric.
A needle for stitching, it is better to take a strong one with a large eye.

Lay out the fabric in two layers at once, right sides up (both wrong sides facing inward). We transfer the pattern of the petals. We need to translate 6 large petals and 5 small ones. Cut it out.


This is what we get.

We begin to sew the braid in the following order: visually divide the braid in half and sew it with a regular stitch to the side of the fabric, which will then be the lower part of the petal. Try not to stretch the braid, as it will give the effect of a wavy edge.

We turn the petal over and sew the braid using a zigzag stitch, carefully overlapping and covering the seam. 11 petal blanks for the bud are ready.

We start stuffing with padding polyester. We finely tear the synthetic polyester and put it into the blanks.
We sew the edge with a regular basting stitch.

We begin assembling circles (small petals with small ones, large ones with large ones). We apply the second petal to the middle of the first and stitch it with strong nylon threads with a basting stitch, so that later it can be easily pulled together, then the third to the middle of the second, and so on. We connect the end of the last petal with the beginning of the first. We tighten it so that the screed of the circles is uniform for both the large and small circles.

This way. The next step is to cut out the leaves (this time we fold the fabric as usual, with the right side inward, because then we will turn them inside out). The shape can be different, but the height is at least 30 cm, and the width is at least 16-17 cm. We put them on the padding polyester, cut them out and stitch them together with the padding polyester. Turn it inside out. Your leaves can be of different colors (both the color of the lower fabric, and green and gold, it all depends on your imagination).

Along the edges of the leaves we sew a zigzag stitch with the largest step, and with a medium step sew the veins inside the leaf. Sew to a large circle. We assemble all the parts manually using strong nylon thread using a basting stitch in not very large steps.
The most interesting moment of connecting the two circles has arrived. We sew with double nylon thread using a basting stitch, slightly higher (about 2-3 mm) than the gathering thread. Make sure that there is no visible connecting seam between the petals of the upper and lower circle. It is very important! The thread must be pulled very tightly!

We cut out a strip (the middle of the rose) together with padding polyester, but here we will have padding polyester inside two layers of fabric, because we will sheathe it in the same way as the petals. This is what the finished middle of the rose looks like.

We collect our workpiece into a so-called bundle. And we sew it with a basting stitch to the upper parts of the petals of the small circle (grabbing 1-1.5 cm above the assembly points).



We cut out a circle in order to cover the back part along with the padding polyester, and tighten it a little in a circle. We stuff it with padding polyester. We sew it with a basting stitch to the petals of the large circle just above the place of the tie by about 2 cm. This way we achieve the strength of attaching the petals to each other.


Well, our beauty is ready! Well, isn't it beauty?