
DIY Dream Car Pillow For Grown-Ups // Traumautokissen für Erwachsene
[Post sponsored by Volkswagen.]
Do you know someone who is constantly dreaming about his dream car? Make his/her day with a self-made dream car pillow! The special thing about it: there’s a music box inside of it that plays songs by Led Zeppelin, John Lennon or others… not just a male fantasy!
Du kennst jemanden, der bei jeder Gelegenheit von seinem Traumauto schwärmt? Verschenke eine besondere Freude mit einem selbstgenähten Traumautokissen! Das Besondere daran: Im Inneren befindet sich eine Musikbox, die z.B. einen Song von Led Zeppelin oder John Lennon spielt… nicht nur ein Männertraum!
Materials & tools:
- high-resolution picture of your dream car
- 2x light cotton fabrics approx. 25 x 35 cm
- A4 iron-on transfer for light textiles
- baking parchment
- music box with favourite song
- sewing machine
- thread
- pins
- scissors
- fiberfill
- iron
Material & Werkzeug:
- hochauflösendes Bild des Traumautos
- 2x hellen Baumwollstoff je ca. 25 x 35 cm
- A4 Transferfolie für helle Textilien
- Backpapier
- Spieluhr mit Wunschlied
- Nähmaschine
- Garn
- Stecknadeln
- Schere
- Füllwatte
- Bügeleisen
Instructions:
Enlarge the picture of your dream car to the paper size A4. You can use a photo that you’ve taken yourself or a suitable picture that you found on the internet. I used Word to change the colour of my picture to black and white. Then I enlarged the picture until it covered the whole page in landscape mode. Now, print the picture on the iron-on transfer. Check the product information on how to set up your printer and handle the transfer. Once the picture is printed and has dried, cut out the car.
Anleitung:
Iron the transfer on the cotton fabric according to the manufacturer’s instruction. You should cover your picture with baking parchment and be careful not to touch it with the hot iron.
Lay the two fabrics right side on right side and fix the edges with pins. Take your sewing machine, sew around the picture and keep a wide distance to it, you can clearly see the outlines through the fabric. Sketch out the seam with a pencil if you’re not absolutely sure. Leave an opening in the lower middle. Later on, you will use it to fill the pillow. It should be big enough for the music box as well!
Cut the seam allowance to 0.5 cm. Also, cut the seam allowance in on the curves to make the pillow smooth after turning it inside out. Be careful not to damage the seam.
Turn the right side inside out and fill the pillow with approximately half of the fiberfill.
Put the music box inside the dream car pillow and add the rest of the fiberfill around it. It needs to be fully enclosed.
Close the opening with two seams using your sewing machine. Remember to leave a little hole for the strap of the music box.
Want more DIY ideas? Check out the collaborative Pinterest board „DIY bloggers for Volkswagen“ to find creative ideas from different bloggers about the topics cars & Volkswagen.
Lust auf weitere DIY-Ideen? Schau doch mal auf dem Pinterest-Gemeinschaftsboard von Volkswagen vorbei, dort gibt es viele kreative Beiträge verschiedener Blogger zum Thema Auto & Volkswagen.
3 Comments
Eda Lindgren
Die Idee ist megagut! Der Beitrag kommt direkt auf die Liste potenzieller Geburtstagsgeschenke :D
Lieben Gruß
Eda
nähmarie
Super, das freut mich! :) LG
Silke
Das ist richtig toll geworden, gefällt mir!
Werde mich dann mal auf die Suche nach Spieluhren mit Wunschlied machen, wusste gar nicht das es das gibt.
Danke fürs teilen.
Liebe Grüße, Silke