No-Sew Felt Mermaid Pillow (DIY)

Looking for a quick, no-sew home decor project? This no-sew pillow is fast, fun, and it will help use up all those scrap pieces of felt you’ve got kicking around. I showed Tracy Moore how to make this mermaid-inspired decorative pillow on Cityline for National Craft Month. You can watch the segment here.

To make a no-sew felt mermaid pillow, you’ll need the following supplies:

Pillow case
Hot glue gun
Felt (in various colours)
Fabric scissors

I got everything above from Walmart.

Here’s how to make the no-sew felt pillow:

Cut a variety of felt colours into circles approximately 3″ (8 cm) in diameter. (They don’t have to be perfect — mine certainly weren’t!)
Cut about 12 of those circles in half.

Trim four of the half-circles so they don’t extend past the edges of the pillow case.
Glue the half circles around the edges of your pillow case. (This prevents any white from showing through at the edges.)

Glue the felt circles onto the pillow case row by row, mixing the colours in a random order. Put glue on only half of each felt circle, leaving them unattached on the overlapping side. This will give your felt pillow a more natural, scalloped or scaled effect.