![]() It’s a good idea to layout your pillow cover and see if there are any strands of yarn that stick way up – you can trim these off so they are closer to the overall look of the pom poms. Keep tying until you’ve covered your 12″ x 16″ area. Here’s an example – the bundle on top was made with yarn from the beginning of the skein and the bundle on bottom was more from the center of the skein. ![]() This doesn’t matter in the pom poms really, but it wouldn’t lay very straight for the long strands. The yarn that you first pull out of the center is a little wrinkled. You want to use yarn from further in the skein of yarn for these. Tip: There are some really fun instructions in the booklet that have a weaving sort of look to them with long strands of yarn in the bundle. I tried to make sure no bundles of the same color were next to each other or above or below each other. To make the pillow, keep tying bundles and varying the colors in a random pattern. Start and end your row 4 threads from the edges so you have some space in the mesh fabric to fold in when you’re ready to sew on the back. ![]() There are other patterns in the booklet that have smaller and larger layouts and you can really get creative with the colors and lengths of yarn. It’s so easy to do.įor the pillow I made I used a 4 x 4 grid – so I tied the bundles every four “threads” on the mesh fabric. Once your bundles are made, you just tie them to the mesh fabric using the center ties. They end up looking like pom poms!Ĭut your mesh fabric to a 14″ x 18″ rectangle. You just wrap, tie and cut! I used the large tool for this pillow and made 6 bundles per wrap. The instruction booklet in the kit has all the info you need for making the yarn bundles – they are so easy to do. thread and needle for sewing pillow front and back together.12″ x 16″ piece of fabric for pillow back.Walmart Red Heart yarn – gold, med pink, light pink, and white – 1 skein each.I wanted to make up a fluffy pillow to coordinate with my quilted pillow in my sewing room and I found the perfect coordinating colors of yarn! I used the tool kit and some Red Heart yarn from Walmart. You can also pick up just the mesh fabric for larger projects and they have cute kits too that include all the tools, fabric and yarn to make a fun project. My sweet pom pom pillow was made with the new Bucilla RyaTie™ Tool kit! The kit consists of two sizes of yarn bundle tools, mesh fabric and a really helpful instruction book with all the info on how to use the tools plus free patterns. I’m super excited about some new products that Bucilla has come out with this year! If you’re not familiar with Bucilla, they have made stitchery kits and products for 150 years – and this year they have come out with some fun new tools and kits that have a delicious retro feel but are super easy to use! This cute and colorful DIY Pom Pom Pillow is so simple to make and it’s so soft and cozy!
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