DIY expert Denise Wild demonstrates a vibrant mermaid pillow—no sewing machine required! 

No-sew felt mermaid pillow

Materials:
Pillow case
Hot glue gun
Felt in various colours
Fabric scissors

Method:

1. 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!)

2. Cut about 12 of those circles in half.

3. Trim four of the half-circles so they don’t extend past the edges of the pillow case.

4. Glue the half circles around the edges of your pillow case. (This prevents any white from showing through at the edges.)

5. 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.

Enjoy the whimsy this pillow brings to your space. Looking for more colour play? Try mixing things up with tone-on-tone, rainbow, or an ombré effect.