The main project on my agenda this summer was PILLOWS. I found myself sick and tired of how much throw pillows cost. You know... like $20 for the pillow form itself and another $36 for the decorative case. Annoying. Even on sale, I rarely find decent pillows for less that $15 or $20 and that just seems like a lot to spend on a pillow that has no purpose other than adding a pop of color to a couch or bed. Somehow this complaint came up in front of my friend Anne and she convinced me I could sew my own pillows on her sewing machine.
Soon after this conversation, I found myself here...
buying this kind of stuff (pun not originally planned, but now completely intentional)...
These supplies sat in my closet all summer, but about a week ago I finally went over to Anne's and sewed my pillows. My sewing experience is VERY limited. As in the last time I sewed was in second grade when I made a tiny quilt for my American Girl Doll. My mom taught me to sew at that age, but my career was short-lived. After Kirstin's bed had a quilt, I was pretty much done sewing until... last week.
I really didn't know if I would be able to do it, but Anne gave me a quick tutorial on how to use her sewing machine and I just started making pillows. All. Night. Long.
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I planned to make five pillows, but when I got done I still had more fabric and filling, so I decided I would make two more. When I made two more, I figured I would make one more, because I didn't really foresee myself going through the process to get fabric and use Anne's machine in the near future. It was now or never.
So I got into my car at 11pm with two bags full of throw pillows. Eight pillows total.
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| {the pile at the end of the night} |
And I must say I am very happy with the result for being such an amateur. I mean I'm not giving you a tutorial or anything. You sew up the edges. You leave a fist-sized hole to add your stuffing. You fill it {most time consuming part}. You sew up the hole. You are done. Just don't inspect my work closely. It's not pretty.
But from far away, it looks like this....
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| {sofa - i didn't make that back one... obvi?} |
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| {love seat} |
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| {guest bed - i made the black one to go with the gray one i already had} |
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{our bed}
I love the result! I encourage you all to MAKE SOME PILLOWS! We actually have another pillow on our bed now too, which was a really fun project and one I will give an actual tutorial for later this week.
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2 comments:
I'm so impressed! You got quite a lot done! I start a project and then about a year later it gets finished. And you picked some really cute material!
Great job :)
I can not even begin to tell you how amazed I am! And how ironic your timing is... I have a serious need for new pillows for the couch before my in-laws come next week but have NOT been able to justifying going and spending $200 on pillows! It's ridiculous out there. Thanks for the great info-- I think I might try to borrow a friend's sewing machine :)
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