Pillows, Pillows, and more Pillows....

First of all, do they have to call them"throw" pillows, my kids and I "discuss" this every time I catch one of them using it to pummel a unsuspecting sibling. Any who... I have made quite a few pillows lately....Mostly for others, but a few for me!! :) Here is a few of them...

So today, I thought I would show you how to make your own pillow with a zipper.

It's easier than you think!!

First cut your material the same size as your pillow. This one is cut 20x20 for a 20-inch pillow. FYI some pillows are not actually the size they say they are. They are usually 1-inch smaller, so if you cut it the same size as the pillow it should fit nicely!

Put your zipper foot on... 

Sew your zipper right sides together on one of the squares. (Remember you need 2 squares for each pillow.) Do this on just one of them! :)

Round the corners. Don't mind the pins, I was getting ahead of myself in this picture. :)

 

Place the square you just sewed the zipper on too, face down onto the right side of the other square. (Right sides should be together.) At the top fold down the zipper part you just sewed on so that you can see the entire wrong side of the zipper. Are you still with me?

Then line it up with the top of other square. Make sure that the material lines up at each corner. You can pin it if you want too!

Sew around edges and when you get to the zipper sew across it. Like this...

See, I just sewed the curve right over the zipper to the other side. I do recommend back stitching a couple times over the zipper, just to make sure it is secure. :)

Flip material to the right side and done. I know hat is probably confusing, but feel free to ask if you have questions. Happy Pillow making!!

Until next time....

Ribbon T-Shirt Revival

I found this picture as I was cleaning out my picture folder, and thought maybe you could use an easy way to brighten up a regular old t-shirt...

 

This was done with a T-shirt and one of those ribbon rolls that they have in the target dollar bins. I love them, they have several colors on the roll, with cute patterns and they all coordinate. Yea!

 



 

Imagine what you can do...

 

 

Don't mind that I totally sewed her pocket shut. It's so tiny anyways, and she never even noticed I did it and I'm not going to tell her!!  Shhh!

 

 

Until next time.....

 

 

A Flower, a Girl and a Belt

This past summer, I made Lucy a ruffle shirt. But I thought it needed something to break up the ruffles. So I decided to make this belt out of a vinyl material!! (It was late...don't judge!) :)

 

 

I loved how the flower turned out...so I'll show you how o make one...but first here is how it looked in combination with thew ruffle shirt.

Oh and first of all, I didn't plan of using these pictures, so ignore her pajama pants. But I took three pictures of Lucy in this belt, and these are seriously in order of how she posed. Take about hamming it up!!

 

 

#1 Here I am....

 

 

#2 A little more into it...

 

 

#3 Hamming it up!

 

Here's how to make one of these cute flowers.

 

Begin by choosing your fabric. One color, two colors --- doesn't matter.

Trace a circle on your fabrics. I did 4-inches and 3.5-inches in diameter.

I usually cut out 3-4 circles from one fabric and 3-4 circles from another fabric, But I did the same fabric for this one!!

 

Find the center by folding and creasing down the middle. Then cut down the center of all the circles. Your half circles.

 

Fold each half circle in 1/2, wrong sides together. Sew approx. 1/4 in. seam down the straight edge.

 

 

Clip the threads and turn right side out.

 

 

Begin Bottom Layer of Flower The biggest size petal.

Use thread and stitch a running stitch on the bottom curve of each 'petal'.

 

 

Add your next 'petal' with that same running stitch.

Keep adding 'petals' to this same length of thread until all of that size are gone.

Pull tightly on the thread to form the flower. Secure with back stitches.

Leave a 10 in. tail when cutting thread

 

 

Repeat steps for top layer of flower as you did with the bottom flower. Also leave a 10 in. tail when cutting thread.

 

Using one of the 10 in. tails of thread, stitch the top layer to the bottom layer of fabric flower. Do not cut other thread. You will use this thread to secure the button.

 

Use a button for the center of the flower. Fabric covered, or your choice of button/bead whatever.

 

Using the other 10 in. tail of your thread, sew button to the center of the flower.

 

Trace a circle on felt to cover the back center --messy thread part!-- and using fabric glue, or a hot glue gun, attach felt to back of flower.

 

 

All Done. Add a pin back, or a alligator clip and attach it to belts, handbags, or as a hair bow.

 

Until next time...