Pom Pom Pillow - oddball era

A few months ago, I decided to embark on a frustrating journey to make a pillow with one side covered in pom poms. I had the fabric, I had the yarn, but I didn’t have the pom poms pre-made, so I had to spend the time to make them.

I wanted to make a generously large pillow, so I knew that it would need a big chunk of fabric and ton of pom poms.

A sort of 3D pillow was the idea, with four strips connecting the large top and bottom. Grey has been becoming a favorite color of mine so I wanted the fabric pieces to be grey with the pom poms being the colorful part of the pillow.

Those damn fluff balls were the most frustrating part of this journey. I made and made and made and made and it still never felt like enough. Every time I had repeat guests over with the intention of having a movie night, they’d see me pull out the yarn and scissors and ask me how I was not done yet. It was a process! And I didn’t realize how much of a process it’d be.

I was hoping to do some kind of color theme but when I ran out of the themed colors, I just used up whatever else I had which I don’t regret. I think it looks more fun the colorful way it is.

There was a point where I decided enough was enough and threw in the towel. I really wanted to have the entire top filled, but I have callouses on my thumb and index finger that may never go away. It honestly did look pretty covered but as soon as I stuffed the pillow, I thought to myself that it could have used a little more. Oh well.

So I sewed all four sides closed leaving a little gap to turn the unstuffed pillow inside out. I luckily had a ton of stuffing so it’s very well stuffed. After seeing the gap closed, I felt that I would have looked nice if I took one extra step to sew a sort of edge. It really didn’t take long and it looks more legit.