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DIY Home Décor

Category: <span>DIY Home Décor</span>

It’s where the heart is! Make DIY Home Décor items that sing. Tackle just one room’s DIY décor projects, or give your whole house or apartment a makeover. From pillows to linens to quilts, our DIY decoration projects will make your house a home!

Browse through our home dec ideas and projects find inspiration to spiff up your home!

DIY Throw Pillows

DIY Home Decor Projects

Finished Big Ruffle Pillow

Big Ruffle Pillows

I saw some awesome pillows at a high end home dec store that had big ruffles, and a big price tag and thought ‘I could make those’. I probably should...

Finished jelly roll rug

How to Make a Jelly Roll Rug

I had seen and admired the beautiful and colorful pictures and wanted to try to make a jelly roll rug for myself! A jelly roll rug is just that -...

Finished decorator pillow on my couch

How to Make a Throw Pillow

I love decorator pillows. They can change a room’s mood, but are so expensive! Make your own decorator pillow and get exactly what you want! Here are the basics of...

Table Top DIY Ideas

Finished wine coasters that double as mug rugs

Charming Mug Rug and Wine Coaster

Quick and easy, make a mug rug from a charm pack for your cup of coffee or tea, as well as a wine coaster where everyone can keep track of...

Fabric Coil Baskets and Bowls

How to Make Fabric Baskets and Bowls

These fabric baskets and bowls are so much fun to make and they have so many uses! Easter baskets, fruit bowls, notions catch-alls, gift baskets, craft storage, toy baskets and...

Sashiko Mug Rugs

10 Weekend Sashiko Projects

In a fast-paced, plugged-in world, it’s so easy to lose track of how the things we use everyday came to be. Even though today’s versions are largely machine made, human...

More DIY Home Décor

Envelope pillowcase showing the inside flap

How to Make an Envelope Pillowcase

There are many ways to make cute pillowcases to dress up your bed. This method of making an envelope pillowcase protects both ends of your pillow with a flap at…
Burrito Pillowcase finished pillowcase folded

Burrito Pillowcase Pattern

Custom pillowcases are easy and fun to make - and you can make them in any fabric combinations! From kid print fabrics to fabrics for the sports fan in your…

Make a Patriotic Placemat

Be festive this Fourth of July with Patriotic Placemats for your party! Quick and easy quilting project using scraps of fabric - or buy a few fat quarters. This quilted…
Wonky Star pillow cover finished 2

How to Make a Wonky Star Pillow Cover

Pillow covers are perfect home dec projects that easily refresh your decor by season and for holidays. Learn how to make a Wonky Star Pillow Cover to celebrate the Fourth…
Pineapple Ice Queen

Spotlight: Troy Murrah, Wood Mosaic Artist

How do you use hard materials to portray the softness of something like a quilt? Wood mosaic artist Troy Murrah does it by creating quilt-inspired mosaics with found and recycled…
Black and white fabric bowl side view

Spotlight: Kirsten Fisher, Fiber Artist

Open to adventure, and willing to persevere through the details of her life journey from Copenhagen to Brooklyn, it is no surprise that Kirsten Fisher creates fiber art bowls that…
Minki Kim Studio

Where Makers Make: Quilt & Sewing Studios

Where do you create your magic? Do you have your own space? A dedicated table, desk or corner of a room? A separate studio space? I don't know about you,…
I Spy Placemat Final 2

How to Make an I Spy Placemat

Make meal time more fun with your toddler with an I Spy placemat! They are easy to make, and a great way to use up bits and pieces in your…
EPP Tree-Shaped Ornament with Hexies on Tree

How to Make an EPP Tree-Shaped Ornament with Hexies

With just 10 EPP hexies per side, you can make an English Paper Piecing (EPP) tree-shaped ornament for your Christmas tree. If you are new to EPP, this is a…

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