With as much creativity and innovation that the wedding industry has fostered in the past few years alone, it’s odd that the ring pillow has been frozen in some 1980′s time warp of design. You know the ones I’m talking about, right? Those white satin with strings o’ pearl deals that seem to appear in every mass bridal retailer’s catalogs? Yeah, those. Bleah.

Don’t despair! Sweet pillowy relief is here, my style-conscious friends. The wonderfully creative Vané Broussard, editor of Brooklyn Bride blog, has introduced her own line of handcrafted ring pillows. Available in a range of hip, modern and fashion fabrics, Vane’s designs elevate the humble pillow into a stylish accessory worthy of carrying your wedding rings.

(How adorable are these?!)

This is kind of a simple project but probably one of the things I am most proud of!  Our wedding colors are black, white, and green so I wanted our ring bearer to carry a pillow with a little flare.  After looking around at a few pre-made options and coming up empty handed, I decided to make one myself!  The supplies I used are:

•    Fabric (1/2 yard at most)
•    Sewing thread to match fabric
•    1” satin ribbon
•    Polyfill stuffing

I wanted the pillow to be about a 9 inch square, so I cut two pieces of fabric into 10 inch squares.  A word to the wise – make sure that if your fabric has a pattern, it is centered on each of the squares as you’re cutting them out.  I learned the hard way that you don’t want things to look off center!

So essentially, you cut out two squares, turn the fabric so that the right sides are facing each other, and sew them together.  Leave about a two inch gap on one of the sides and use that to pull the fabric through so you can turn the pillow right side out.  Then, stuff away!  I found that a pencil worked well to push the filling into the corners but I honestly can’t tell you how much stuffing I used.  I kept putting it in and then feeling the consistency until it seemed right.

Once the stuffing is complete just use a needle and some more thread to sew the gap together.  Then make your ribbon as long as you want it (depending on how much length you want to hang off the pillow) and put the middle of the ribbon in the center of the pillow.  Take another needle and thread and gently sew the ribbon into the middle so that it’s attached to the pillow.  Then all you have to do is tie a bow!

And here is a close-up of the back, so you can see the importance of getting that pattern centered:

I plan on slipping some fake rings into the bow before I tie it the day of the wedding and we’re all set.

Contributed by Darci L.
Blog: http://www.with–this–ring.blogspot.com/
Used with kind permission from the author.
Copyright 2008 • All rights reserved.

posted by m.s. for k.c.

Wouldn’t this be an awesome ring pillow with the initials of you and your beloved? It’d also be a nifty “thank you” gift for your maids.

JCaroline has generously offered a tutorial for making this gorgeous monogrammed felt pillow.

[found via Craft Magazine]