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DIY No-Sew Christmas Pillow Tutorial with the Cricut Maker

By Lydia

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You guys know I looove me some no-sew crafting! I also love throw pillows, especially Christmas ones, so my no-sew skills were put to great use to make this JOY no-sew Christmas pillow!

DIY No-sew Christmas Pillow #Christmaspillow #diypillows #Christmasdecor #diypillows

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.


Reason 1,537 I love my Cricut Maker is how is cuts fabric like butter. No fray, no mess; just clean, sharp lines. That was crucical for this pillow since it has so many edges and shapes. I really wanted a pillow with a quilt look, although I don’t know how to sew (I did just get a machine so I will learn soon!) This process can be used for any type of design that you’re going for a quilted look. Wanna see how easy it is?

No-Sew Christmas Pillow

Supplies

  • White pillow cover and pillow insert
  • Cricut Maker
  • JOY No-sew Pillow Christmas Pillow cut file
  • Cotton Christmas fabric in patterns/colors of your choice
  • Heat n Bond
  • Ribbon (optional)
  • Iron-on vinyl – black, red and silver
  • EasyPress or iron
  • Press cloth or parchment paper

Directions

Open the JOY No-sew Pillow Christmas Pillow cut file in Design Space and adjust the size as necessary to fit your pillow. I used a 16″ square pillow. Select how many fabrics you will use in the ornament and change their colors so that the right pieces are cut for the right fabrics.

No-sew pillow cut file

Set mats to cut. Cut out the J and Y with red iron-on and the ornament outline with silver iron-on. * Remember to mirror text when using iron-on and the liner side should face down on the cutting mat.

Mirror letters for iron-on

You can see by looking at the mats exactly how much fabric you should cut to place on the cutting mat. Once you’ve cut the fabric out and you’re ready to cut on the Cricut, cut pieces of Heat n Bond to the same sizes and attach the Heat n Bond to the back of the fabrics according to the instructions. Peel off the backing once cool.

Heat n Bond for no-sew Christmas pillow

Switch out the blade on the Cricut Maker to the rotary blade. Place bonded fabric onto the Fabric Mat. Select Cotton Bonded as cutting material and switch the blade type to rotary. Cut.

No-sew pillow with Cricut Maker

Look at how crisp the fabric lines are cut! ↓

Cricut Maker cutting fabric

Line up the letters on your pillow to determine placement. Set EasyPress to 305° and 30 seconds.

JOY No sew pillow iron-on

You’ll press the iron-on vinyl first (not the fabric yet). Cover letters with a sheet of parchment paper or a press cloth and press for 30 seconds.  Repeat for the entire design.

No-sew Christmas pillow - EasyPress

Allow to cool for 2 – 3 minutes before attempting to peel back lining. If the iron-on lifts with the lining do not remove it. Press it for 10 more seconds and try peeling back again. If necessary, repeat again until the liner lifts easily leaving the design on the pillow.

Position the first piece of fabric inside of the ornament. It’s best to iron-on one piece at a time in case there is any slight shift when pressing. Repeat for remaining pieces. Cut a thin strip of heat n bond to fit the ribbon and adhere as above (you will only need to press for about 10 seconds). Position the ribbon on the ornament and press as with the fabric.

No-sew Christmas Pillow

I may not know how to quilt but I think I pulled off a pretty good fake with this no-sew Christmas pillow, what do you think? 😉 If no-sew is your jam, too check out my fall no-sew pillow and this no-sew Easter pillow, too!

What style of no-sew pillow would you make?

JOY DIY Christmas Pillow #christmasthrowpillows #diychristmasdecor #nosew

 

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Comments

  1. Jill Anselmi says

    November 16, 2020 at 6:24 pm

    I love this pillow, but the joy cut file is no longer available ๐Ÿ™

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    • Lydia says

      November 16, 2020 at 8:17 pm

      Hi Jill! Sorry about that! The cut file was from when Design Space was only online. I just updated the link to work in the new Design Space. Please let me know if you have any issue with it. I’d love to see it when you’re done!

      Reply
  2. Emily says

    December 16, 2017 at 2:31 pm

    Lydi your pillow is so cute!! Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday – I’ll be featuring your JOY pillow at our upcoming party ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      December 26, 2017 at 9:10 pm

      Aw thank you so much Emily, I hope you had a very Merry Christmas!!! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  3. Marie | DIY Adulation says

    December 15, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    I never would have thought to parse out the different designs for the ornament like this. That is so smart! Thanks so much for sharing your tutorial with us at Merry Monday this week!

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      December 26, 2017 at 9:09 pm

      Thanks so much Marie! I hope you had a Merry Christmas! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  4. Julie says

    December 5, 2017 at 7:20 am

    I am so excited that Santa may bring me a cricut. I can’t wait to create amazing dรฉcor like this. Love your coordination of color and pattern.

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      December 7, 2017 at 8:16 pm

      Thanks so much Julie! I’m excited for your too, you will absolutely love it! Merry Christmas!

      Reply
  5. Faith says

    December 4, 2017 at 10:28 pm

    I would like to make a no-sew Rudolph pulling Santaโ€™s sleigh pillow with the Cricut

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    • Lydia says

      December 7, 2017 at 8:15 pm

      Oh my goodness, that sounds so cute Faith! I’d love to see a picture of it when you’re done! Merry Christmas! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply

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