About Your Custom Pillows
Your custom pillows are completely handmade, resulting in a beautiful piece of furnishing for your private or public space. We can print your unique designs onto both sides of the Soft Velvet cover, or choose from 5 colours for the reverse if you're looking for some contrast; ivory beige, soft pink, pale blue, grey or white. We fill the cover with polyester padding or duck feather, so you have nice, plump printed pillows that are ready to go. The cover is removable via a chic heart zip and can be machine washed as normal, so there's no fussy maintenance.
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At a glance
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Luxury customised pillow
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4 size options
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Super soft velvet
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Feather or poly filling
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5 year guarantee
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Dimensions (approximate)
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Small square cushion: 30cm sq. (12")
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Medium square cushion: 40cm sq. (16") - 220 g
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Large square cushion: 50cm sq. (20") - 340 g
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Large rectangle cushion: 55x40cm (22x16") - 560 g
Choose your Customised Pillow Size
You have 2 square pillows in small and large, or a large rectangle pillow to choose from.
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Quick Turnaround
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Handmade in UK
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Offers
How Pillow Printing Works
Your unique designs are printed onto the velvet fabric using dye-sublimation, fusing the inks deep into the fibres for an everlasting print. We know how important it is to coordinate your home furnishings, so we give you the option of printing on the reverse too. Mix and match two distinct design themes, or design your own pillow, UK made to order, using similar patterns but with their own nuances. For a simplistic but stylish approach, leave the reverse plain and just choose from 5 gorgeous colours. Your pillow cushion is stitched by our expert seamstresses, where a chunky heart zipper is attached for a unique finishing touch.
Care Instructions
Machine wash the Soft Velvet cover at 30°c. Drip or tumble dry. You shouldn't need to iron, but if you do, please turn inside out and use a medium heat. To maintain the fluffy, soft pile, use a brush after every few washes and feel the fibres relaxing and returning to their original, gorgeous state.
Design Tips
Colours, patterns and fine details all show up beautifully on the Soft Velvet fabric, so don't be afraid of using bold contrasts. The sumptuous feel and wonderful print reproduction make your custom pillows a perfect addition to the home. Print original artwork and bring your pieces to life, or use colours and patterns that help enhance other features in the room.
Scattered on any seating area, your printed pillows demand attention, ideal if you've got a marketing message or brand that needs promoting. You can design your own pillow, UK made to order, for personal or public space.
Reviews for Custom Pillow
Rated 5/5
based on 17 customer reviews
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Delivery and service was perfect however, advice on fabric is a must for a first time choice with design on upholstery makes
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This is a repeat order of these cushions and they are fabulous. The design is inspired by a hand made velvet throw bought in Venice on our 25th wedding anniversary 20 years ago. Contrado have done a great job on a very special project.
Jennifer R.
14/05/2020
7 TIME RETURNING CUSTOMER
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The cushions are well made and good quality fabric, I took a photo of an absract picture, they look great.
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All good on all ends. Thank you!
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A lovely product that will brighten up any sofa, British Made, and wonderful service! Highly recommended.
Cate G.
09/03/2020
8 TIME RETURNING CUSTOMER
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Very nice quality and finish.
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Quality very good and warm, a decent size and looks easy to manage.
Ibi . A
08/01/2020
3 TIME RETURNING CUSTOMER
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Very happy with how fast my items arrived the quality of them and your service and general you keep us informed on delivery times everything seems to be going well thanks contrato
Suzanne K
23/12/2019
11 TIME RETURNING CUSTOMER
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Perfect, can't fault anything.
Shaun C
28/10/2019
3 TIME RETURNING CUSTOMER
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Quality, service and speedy delivery.
Jan H
03/09/2019
19 TIME RETURNING CUSTOMER
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Very happy with my lovely cushion. The quality is first class & the fabric is beautifully soft. So good I ordered another. Thank you Contrado.
Jennifer R.
31/07/2019
7 TIME RETURNING CUSTOMER
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Cushion is exceptional, notebooks beautiful, colours are true. I was a bit disappointed in the finishing of the tin, as the join where the paper wrap meets doesn’t lie flat.
Helen J
02/06/2019
10 TIME RETURNING CUSTOMER
How does this product enhance my...
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Home
Bring some life into your home with printed pillows. Using your artwork, photography, graphic designs or text, you can make your own pillow to reflect personal taste. Enhance your bay window seat with bespoke scatter pillows and make an instant feature piece for the room. For a more traditional use, your customised pillow set is perfect for decorating beds and sofas.
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Business
Receptions and waiting rooms are often a little lacklustre, but if you design your own pillow you can use this space for extra branding. Featuring your logo or slogan, printed pillows are an instant eye catcher and offer customers reassurance they're in the right place. Event areas that include a lounge space can be decorated with your customised pillow range. Comfort, branding and style rolled into one.
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Design Brand
Every home needs cushions, so give customers something totally unique with printed pillows displaying your original art pieces. Whether you paint, draw or use digital software, you can create a bespoke range that can't be found in the high street shops. Design your own pillow selection, curated into themes and sell your art in an alternative way.
Frequently asked questions:
What fabric do you use?
The cushion cover is our sublime Soft Velvet, a gorgeous fabric that oozes elegance. It has a short, silky smooth pile that is so cosy and sumptuous, it's the perfect textile for cushions.
What is the wadding made from?
You have a choice of two filling options, depending on the texture you're after or your personal preference. Choose from real duck feather or an equally soft and plump poly wadding.
Can I print on the back too?
There's several options for the reverse of your printed pillows. Select from soft pink, pale blue, ivory beige, grey or white, or alternatively print another design on the back for total customisation.
Print Guideline
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What's the best resolution to print in?
We print at 200dpi, which is a good combination of quality and file weight. Ideally, your image should be scaled to 100% at 200dpi, this means that no resizing of your file occurs stopping any interpolation.
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Should I save my file as a TIFF or JPEG?
For multi-coloured or very detailed files we recommend using a tiff format, but they must be flattened. For simple colours and low detail files, a jpeg is fine.
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Which colour model should I choose? RGB or CMYK?
We advise providing images in the RGB colour space. Specifically using the sRGB image profile, to achieve best colour results. What does this mean? In your editing software choose RGB as the working space, and assign the image profile as sRGB (full name sRGB IEC61966-2.1)
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What does GSM mean?
Grams per Square Meter (GSM) is an international standard for measuring the weight of paper or fabric. GSM uses the weight of a square meter (1000 x 1000mm) as an indication of the weight and thickness of a given fabric. We class 20-100gsm as light (summer fabrics, gauzes and fine silks), 101-249 gsm as medium (most clothing fabrics) and 250+ gsm as heavy (upholstery fabrics, and other specialist fabrics).
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What are the bleed areas?
When designing your product, it’s best to make sure that your image is slightly larger than needed. In printing, the extra printed image is referred to as a “Bleed Area” or margin, and it is removed from the finished piece. A bleed area acts as a buffer for slight inconsistencies in the manufacturing process. however, it’s important to fill your bleed areas completely, or you may end up with white, unprinted strips along the edge of your finished product.
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Do you print on garments a customer supplies?
Unfortunately not. All our garments are printed on flat fabric and sewn into finished products, which gives a better, finished result and all-over print. We test meticulously so that we know what gets the best results on our fabrics, and our facilities cater perfectly to them. We do however print sublimation paper to order, so if you have access to a heat press you can press your fabrics or flat garments easily.
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Can you Align a Pattern or design across panels of a garment?
We always strive for the greatest accuracy when printing and constructing your garments. However, due to unavoidable stretch or movement of the fabric during the stitching process, we cannot guarantee perfect pattern registration across garment seams. We are generally accurate within 2-3mm, which Is close enough for most patterns but may show slight issues with detailed geometric patterns.
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Can I print my own Labels?
Most of our garments now come with printable label space for you to add your own company information and branding! If you would like to sew in your own labels, we also offer Printed Fabric Labels here.
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How is your fabric printing eco-friendly?
With environmental consciousness in mind, our fabrics are all printed using completely water-based inks. This means no chemicals or solvents are used. Our heat fixing procedure fixes the colours and prints, avoiding the downsides of steaming, such as excess or contaminated water returning into the waste system. We have one facility in London where we conduct all the printing, production and fulfillment.
Please note: As everything we provide is handmade to order, all measurements may vary slightly.
Delivery time & Costs
Production times
We handmake your item on site, which takes on average 1-3 days. Please check individual production times which are displayed next to the item price on the product page, as this varies from product to product. In rare cases when we need to re-print an item, this may take an additional 1-2 days.
Shipping methods
After your item has been manufactured, we ship your order via your chosen method. Please add on the production time to the delivery time to calculate when your order will be with you. Select your delivery method in your basket.
We have a range of trusted shipping options:
- Royal Mail 1st Class Standard (no tracking) - 1-5 working days on average (please note that this can take up to 15 working days in exceptional circumstances).
- Royal Mail 1st Class Recorded (no tracking) - Usually delivered the next working day. It is not a guaranteed next day service, or a tracked service. A signature is required. (Please note that this can take up to 15 working days in exceptional circumstances).
- Special Delivery - Delivered the next working day
- Saturday Delivery (deliver only on Sat)
- Collection from our London Office (between 4-6pm on working days only)
- For international orders or large/bulky packages within the UK, we ship via DHL or Fedex services. This takes on average 2-5 working days.
You can then enjoy or resell your hand-made products with your very own designs.
You can also read more about our terms & conditions and refund policy.
Make use of our Manufacturing and Worldwide Shipping Experience
At Contrado, every product is handmade on site to ensure the highest quality. We provide a dedicated production service as well as a range of fast delivery options. For the past 14 years, we have printed and hand-made countless personalised products for a wide range of customers all over the world and many of them have become loyal customers who love not only our products but also the care, knowledge and dedication from our staff.
A speedy Special Delivery service is available where your item will delivered within one working day, after it has been manufactured.
Produced and ready to ship within 1-3 days on average.
- We print and make everything in-house. Production times are dependent on the product.
Low shipping fees
- From £1.25 to ship within the UK.
Express shipping available
- A speedy Special Delivery service is available where your item will delivered within one working day, after it has been manufactured.
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