Pull the thread through and tie it to the other center tie. Simply thread one of the center ties through the yarn needle and insert into the corner and side seams of the pillow. I added my pom poms to the corners and the middle of the short ends of the pillow. Using the yarn needle add the pom poms to your pillow.
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Cut the loops Finished Pom Pom Step 9: How To Make A Drop Cloth Pom Pom Throw Just trim around the pom pom to make it even and you have completed your pom pom. As the yarn pops out you will notice that it is not perfectly round. Remove the Yarn Tie the knot Step 8: How To Make A Drop Cloth Pom Pom ThrowĬut through all of the loops to create the pom pom. Take a piece of yarn about 8″ long and wrap it around the center of the yarn loops and tie a knot tightly. Once you have completed wrapping the yarn, gently slide the yarn from your hand and place the bundle onto your work table. Wrap the yarn Step 7: How To Make A Drop Cloth Pom Pom Throw You could also use a pom pom maker but I found that the large pom pom maker was not large enough for the pom poms for this project. The fewer fingers the smaller the pom pom. If you want smaller pom poms wrap the yarn around your fingers. Keep the yarn on your palm and not the fingers. If you are not using chunky yarn you will want to wrap more revolutions, perhaps 120. Wrap the yarn around the palm of your hand about 90 times. I just used my hand and chunky yarn to get the look and feel that I wanted. I made jumbo pom poms so I did not use a pom pom maker though you could if you wanted. Step 6: Make a Drop Cloth Pom Pom Throw Pillow If you are unfamiliar with ladder stitch check out this video. Sew the opening closed using ladder stitch. Stuff the pillow with Polyester fiberfill to the plumpness that you like. Step 5: Make a Drop Cloth Pom Pom Throw Pillow I did not press my pillow because I liked the wrinkly texture but you could iron yours at this point. Step 4: Make a Drop Cloth Pom Pom Throw PillowĬlip the corners without cutting the stitching and turn the pillow right side out. Sew the two pieces together using a 1/4″ seam allowance and leaving a 4″ opening on the bottom for turning. Step 3: Make a Drop Cloth Pom Pom Throw Pillow This pillow is going to have a final measurement of 20″ x 14″. Bleach your drop cloth Step 2: Make a Drop Cloth Pom Pom Throw PillowĬut two pieces of drop cloth to measure 20 1/2″ x 14 1/2″. If it is not as soft as you want it wash and dry it again. Once the drop cloth has been bleached wash it in your washing machine using hot water and fabric softener and dry thoroughly. I rinsed the drop cloth thoroughly using hot water and wrung as much water out of it as I could. After 3-4 hours I drained out the bleached water. I agitated it with the end of a broom stick so the bleach is fully integrated with the water and the cloth. I filled my bathtub with hot water and put in the drop cloth and the bleach. If, like me, you do not have a top loading washer you can do it the old fashioned way. Keep an eye on the cloth because if you leave it in too long it may start to yellow. Stop the washer and let the cloth soak for several hours while the bleach does its magic. Pour in about a third of the container of bleach into the washer and agitate for a bit to spread out the bleach. Place the drop cloth into the washer and fill it with hot water. The best way to bleach your drop cloth is to place it in a top loading washer. But if you want your drop cloth to be white just follow these instructions: Step 1: Make a Drop Cloth Pom Pom Throw Pillowīleach your drop cloth. Hopefully I will come up with other drop cloth projects to make out of all of the fabric I have left over. You will still have drop cloth left over. Keep in mind that these drop cloths are large so I recommend that you get the smallest one you can get to make this project and the throw. This post contains affiliate links that if you click on them and make a purchase I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I purchased this one from Amazon and it worked like a charm. I bought one that was only 54% cotton and waited forever for it to bleach white and it never happened so I read somewhere that the key was that the cloth needed to be 100% cotton. You really need to purchase a drop cloth that is 100% cotton if you are going to bleach it. The most important part of this project is choosing the right drop cloth.
I bleached my drop cloth to match my decor but you do not need to if you like the natural look. All you need for this terrific pillow is some drop cloth and yarn to complete this matching throw pillow. This is just as easy a project as the throw but in case you didn’t see my post on how to make the throw I will repeat the basic instructions here. I recently created an Anthropolgie inspired drop cloth pom pom throw and had extra drop cloth and pom poms so I decided to create a matching throw pillow to go with it.
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