Subway Art Valentine’s Pillow

There are so many wonderful Valentine’s Day subway art floating around the internet.  I just happened to stumble on this great subway art from Krista at While He Was Napping.  With her permission, I used her subway art to create a pillow!

With the help of my Cricut machine and freezer paper, I first made a stencil. 

I have done this technique before  HERE and HERE. 

Iron on the freezer paper stencil to a white fabric square.  My fabric measured 13x13.

{allowing for half inch seam allowance, my finished pillow measures 12x12} 

Then paint, using 50/50 paint and textile medium mixture.

Remove the freezer paper carefully and once the paint is dry heat set with a hot dry iron.

Sew the two 13x13 squares together and pressed with an iron.  The fabric I was using was pretty thin.   I was worried that the the poly-fiber filling would show through the thin material and look lump.  Before I stuffed it, I cut a flat piece of quilt batting and placed it inside the pillow casing.   Then I stuffed in between the layers of batting.

Of course it need something…. RED! 

I didn’t have any red satin material but I did find a wide ribbon {at my mom’s house…. the best place to go shopping!}   and embroidered the word LOVE. Then I sewed the to ends of the ribbon together to create a band and slipped it over the pillow. 

For my non-sewing friends, I think you could make this using a ready made pillow.   If I was attempting it on a 3 dimensional object, I would cut the stencil down in to more manageable sizes.  Or what if you used transfer paper?  ***Just remember to mirror the image before printing. If you make one, I would love to see and hear about it.

Thank you Krista for letting my play with you subway art.  Krista designs other printables that you download from her blog.  Please check out While He Was Napping.

UPDATE:  A SVG file was added to a later post.    Valentine’s Subway Art SVG