• Home
  • Beauty
    • Make-up
    • Skin care
  • DIY
  • Food
    • Appetizers
    • Breakfast
    • Dessert
    • Gluten Free
    • Local Eats
  • Home Decor
  • Style
  • Travel
  • More
    •  A Day In The Life
    • Giveaways
    • Real Talk
    • Reviews
    • Everything Else
      • Bloggy Blabber
      • Tech
      • Lists and Stuff
      • Good Reads
      • Tea Talk
      • Shopping
      • Downloads

Teacups and Things

Canadian lifestyle blog

  • About
  • Collaborate
  • Browse by Topic
  • Contact
  • Shop My Favs
Cricut Made, DIY

Fall home decor – easy DIY pumpkin pillow with Cricut Infusible Ink

September 30, 2020

Happy October, everyone! Part of me can’t believe it’s fall already (I think I’m mentally still stuck in March), but I’m not complaining – autumn is my favourite time of the year. One of my favourite things about the season is all of the decorations. Every year I spend way too much money on pumpkins to decorate both outside and indoors. I’ve always said that one day I’ll have plates for every seasonal occasion.

One thing my bedroom was missing was a fall themed pillow. Since Cricut recently came out with pillows as another option for Infusible Ink Cricut Blanks, I decided to pick up a bunch and make a variety of holiday themed pillows. 

I had a lot of ideas for my fall themed pillow, but when I saw the black and white gingham Infusible Ink sheets it sealed the deal. I thought a pumpkin would look super cute in this pattern, and it does! I know gingham is typically a pattern that is associated with the summer, but for some reason I’ve always associated it with the fall. 

Anyways, let’s get to the DIY! This method will work with any design, but if you want to make the exact same pillow as I did, I uploaded my project directly to Cricut’s Design Space – you can access it here.

Get Template
 

DIY PUMPKIN PILLOW 

Here’s what you need:

  • Cricut Maker (Cricut.com / Amazon.ca)
  • EasyPress 2 (Cricut.com / Amazon.ca)
  • Infusible Ink™
  • Butchers paper (included with your Infusible Ink™)
  • 1 sheet of card stock
  • Cricut essential tools
  • Standard-grip cutting mat
  • Cricut Blanks – pillow
  • My Cricut pumpkin pillow project in Design Space

Step 1 –  Creating your designs:

For the most part, this step is similar to when making projects with other Cricut machines. The main difference is to ensure you have the right machine selected from the drop down menu once you open Design Space.

Create your design using Cricut Design Space. Cricut has loads of fonts, images and read-made projects available for free. There’s also tons more available through Cricut Access. If you’re graphic design savvy you can also upload your own designs in any of the following formats: .jpg, .gif, .png, and .bmp.

If you want to make the exact same pillow as I did, I uploaded my project directly to Cricut’s Design Space – you can access it here.

Download project in Cricut Design Space

Step 2: Cutting your design

Once your design is created, measure the area of your pillow that you’d like your design to fill. Resize your design and then click “Make It!”

Next, connect your Cricut machine and select “Infusible Ink” from the materials. Important: make sure that you select mirror on! Place the material onto the standard-grip cutting mat and load your machine.

Click on the Cricut button once it begins to flash to start your cut and sit back and wait!

Step 3: Weeding your design

Once it’s done, weed your design – this is the process of removing the negative space from your cut. The weeding process for Infusible Ink™ designs is a little bit different than other materials. Instead of pulling out the negative space with the weeding tool, remove your sheet from the grip mat and gently roll the material. You’ll start to see the edges of the negative space pop up, you can then pull it off. I found this video to be really helpful when I was figuring out the weeding process.

Step 3: The heat transfer process

First things first, make sure your base material is wrinkle and dust free. I ironed my pillow before I started my project so that way it had time to cool down. When you’re ready to start the heat transfer process, use a lint roller to make sure there is no dust or lint on your fabric. 

Next, place a sheet of card stock inside the pillow sham so that the transfer doesn’t soak through. Place your design face-down on the fabric then cover it with a sheet of butcher paper. Make sure you use Cricut’s Heat Guide to determine the time and temperature for the transfer. I used the EasyPress 2, so my heat time was 60 seconds at 385°F, with light pressure and a warm peel.

Download this project in Cricut Design Space

Download project

I tried to take a close-up shot of the material after to show you how the Infusible Ink™ dyed the fabric, but it’s a little hard to tell. I really love how this little guy turned out. I can’t wait to make more festive DIYs and share them with you. I already have some ideas for pillows for other holidays, too!

                


While this post is not sponsored, it does contain affiliate links and I used materials that were gifted to me. All opinions are 100% mine. 

autumn craft Crafts cricut Cricut Joy cricut made Cricut Maker DIYs fall decorations Fall home decor fall pillow festive fall Holiday Home decor Infusible Ink pumpkin
by Kait 
Leave a Comment

About Kait

View all posts by Kait

Related Posts

  • Christmas Cranberry Sangria
  • Winter holiday decor – easy DIY Christmas pillows with Cricut
  • My favourite local shops and why I’m shopping local this holiday season – #ShopInDurham
  • DIY custom latte art stencils for Fall – made with the Cricut Maker

Hello, I'm Kait! A Canadian lifestyle blogger from the greater Toronto area, living life gluten-free. I'm passionate about supporting local communities and collecting teacups.

Be Social

Stay in touch!

Sign up for the newsletter Today!

*No SPAM

Search

New Readers: Start Here!

Friends + Sponsors

Find me on Facebook

Categories

Home Decor

Food

Style

More Friends

About

Teacups & Things is a Canadian lifestyle blog written by Kait. She lives in the Toronto area in Ontario with her King Charles Cavalier. Topics include: fashion, beauty, local community events, food, gluten-free cooking, home decor, shopping, DIYs and much more.

Recent Posts

  • Christmas Cranberry Sangria
    Food, Wine & Cocktails
  • Winter holiday decor – easy DIY Christmas pillows with Cricut
    Cricut Made, DIY, Home Decor

Subscribe to the Blog via Email

The last time I posted was Christmas, so I hope ev The last time I posted was Christmas, so I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!

I had content planned to post sooner (like this photo as I’m sure you can clearly tell by the Christmas decorations 😅), but life happened and I ended up taking a break from Instagram for the rest of my holidays which honestly was really nice.

This week was my first week back to work, so I’m looking forward to spending some quality time with my pjs and Ruffi again this weekend.
Have a holly jolly Christmas! 🎄🎅❤️ #Merr Have a holly jolly Christmas! 🎄🎅❤️ #MerryChristmas
I made this #ChristmasSangria last year for our Ch I made this #ChristmasSangria last year for our Christmas brunch, and it’s been a staple at all of my virtual holiday parties this year. 

I shared the recipe just on Instagram last year, so I decided to upload it to the blog finally. (Better late than never!) // Link in bio → https://teacupsandthings.com/?p=93039
’Tis the season for ugly Christmas sweaters! 🎄🎄🎄

This one has been a favourite of mine for a few years now. It might be time for me to get a new one to keep things fresh… or should I say ‘pine' fresh. See what I did there? Ok, I’ll see myself out. 🙈 #uglychristmassweater #christmas2020
Spent the afternoon baking my favourite Christmas Spent the afternoon baking my favourite Christmas cookies 🤗🍪. // Recipe link in bio → http://teacupsandthings.com/?p=90477
These are a few of my favourite things 🎄✨ These are a few of my favourite things 🎄✨
Just a few more days until the Holidays! My plans Just a few more days until the Holidays! My plans for the winter break is to relax and recharge – it’s going to pretty much consist of Christmas PJs, movies, maybe a craft or two and video games – I’m stoked!
It’s been 10 days since I posted a photo of hot It’s been 10 days since I posted a photo of hot chocolate, so I thought I’d fix that 🙈😂

Copyright © 2021 Teacups & Things. All opinions expressed are my own and not of my employer.