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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Making a Cute Pillow Using a Placemat

I've made pillows out of dishtowels, placemats, grain sacks and drop cloths. (Yes, I have a lot of pillows!) :) Making one from a placemat is the easiest way!

Find a placemat that you love. Make sure it has two layers. I found four of these at Kohl's on clearance and paid $4 for all of them.

Pull the thread from about 4" on one side. (enough to fit your hand in)

Fill with batting.

Sew up 4" where you pulled the thread, either by hand or with a machine.

Woohoo! A new, cute pillow!

Thanks for your visit!

Pam

Thank you to those who entered the Rockwell Tool Giveaway. HilLesha was the winner!

I am linking to the following parties:

Inspire Me Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Grain Sack Pillow

A friend was moving and trying to get rid of things. I was the lucky person who happened to be in town that day!

She gave me this neat old grain sack.

I took an Ikea pillow insert and pinned the fabric around it.

It then sat on my couch with the pins for several weeks...

Today I sewed it up and now it's good to go. I love the colors and graphics!

Thanks for your visit!

Pam

I am linking to the following parties:

Funky Junk Interiors' Grain Sack Party

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Bird Pillow for Christmas and Beyond

I found this cute bird graphic the other day. I love, love, love anything with birds on it and love that I can incorporate it with my Christmas decorations. Of course I intend to keep it out long after Christmas!

I started with this graphic from The Graphics Fairy

I printed it off on Jolee's Easy Image Transfer Sheets using my inkjet printer.

I cut around the edges.

I used a Ritva pillow cover that I bought from Ikea last year.

I put the pillow cover over a board and a pillow case.

I followed the directions on the Jolee's label--twenty seconds on each part, lift up carefully, then set the iron back on another place. I made sure I got each area several times for 20 seconds each.

I let it cool for 10 minutes, then carefully pulled the backing off of the transfer.

And here's the finished pillow. Easy and Festive!

Thanks for your visit!

Pam

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Don't Throw Your Old Pillow Cases Away! Another Easy Pillow Project.

We recently bought a new bed that was a different size than our old one. I was getting all of the old sheets together to give away when I found a set in the back of the linen closet that was made of cotton and cream colored. Hmmm, I am always on the lookout for fabrics to make pillows with and love that a pillow case has a tight weave to take an iron on transfer really well.

I started by ironing the end of the pillow case really well. (yes, the picture above is before I ironed it!) :) I then put a board inside of the pillow case so both sides weren't touching.

I printed off this cute bike graphic that I purchased for $1 from Graphique on etsy.com.

**** Please note that if you are trying to transfer a graphic with writing on it, be sure to FLIP the image in Picnik or other program before copying it. (In Picnik, it's in the ROTATE tab).

I used my trusty Jolee's Easy Image Transfer sheets (purchased at Michael's) and my inkjet printer.

I cut pretty close to the image so there wasn't a lot of white edging showing. I ironed it on and let it cool completely before peeling off the backing.

I used an Ikea pillow insert (the long, skinny one that's about 20"x14") that I had on hand. I think the inserts are about $6 at Ikea.

I cut the open edge of the pillowcase to the size of the pillow insert and only had to sew one side.

And here's the finished project:

This was such an easy project and cost me almost nothing!

I am excited to use the other pillow cases and the fabric from the sheets to make some more things.

Thanks so much for coming by!

Pam

I am linking up to the following parties:

French Country Cottage's Feathered Nest Friday
Savvy Southern Style's Wow Us Wednesday
You Are Talking Too Much's First Link Party
My Romantic Home's Show & Tell Friday
Unexpected Elegance's Transfer Link Party

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Easy Fixes for Outdated Frames

I am embarrassed to admit it, but I have had a couple of framed pictures on our bedside tables for almost 20 years. In the same frames. Yes, silver and gold frames were all the rage in the 1990's!

Recently I came to the conclusion that some serious updating was needed.

Here's what I did to update this one:

Those decorative knots in the corners were tough, but I just kept wrapping and wrapping until I could no longer see the shiny silver and gold. The corners look a little bulky, but I kind of like the one of a kind-ness of it.

I hot glued some wire to the back to hang it.

Because I wrapped the jute around (and around and around--OMG, how many times do I have to wrap this darn thing???), the glass wouldn't fit in it. I needed to find another use for it. Here's what I came up with.

I ended up using about 3/4 of the roll of jute on this 5x7 frame.

I superglued the starfish right to the wall.

(As for the picture by our bed, I put it in a new wooden frame)

I found a wooden frame at a thrift store for $1. I painted it blue and added burlap and batting. I then glued a starfish onto the burlap. I got this idea from Cottage Living-from the Beach to the Burb's Blogpost

Here's what they look like on the wall. The lower one doesn't show up very well in this picture, but looks fine in real life.

And here's another beachy corner of our master bedroom. For the rest of the master, you can go HERE.

I made the starfish pillow using a graphic I found online. I used an Ikea pillow cover and insert. I copied it onto TAP Transfer paper, cut it close to the edges and ironed it on like I did with some other pillows HERE.