Decorative pillows are easy to make, and they make great gifts. Small pillows like this can be sewn on a machine or by hand.

What you'll need:
- 8" x 10" pieces - two for every pillow you want to make, plus extras to cut shapes from
- Paper and pencil
- Scissors
- Straight pins
- Needle and thread
- Sewing machine (optional)
- Stuffing

Instructions:
- Put aside the felt pieces you want for the front and back panel.
- Draw the design for the front of the pillow (a heart, a flower, an exclamation point) on the paper and cut it out.
- Place the paper pieces on another piece of felt, trace, and cut out your design.
- Sew the design to the front of the pillow (if it has a lot of details, like the points on a star for example, it may be easier to do this by hand)
- Stitch the front and back panels together.
- You can either place the right sides of the pillow together, stitch it, then flip it right side out, or you can stitch it right side out around the edges.