One of my January goals was to make pillows for my bed.
My biggest hurdle for this project was the fact that I knew I had to change the sewing machine needle before I started this project. Sounds easy but to someone who had never attempted to change the needle I was terrified. I didn’t even look at the manual because I just knew it would be difficult. I bought the fabric to make these pillows way back in September so that was a lot of stalling on my part.
But guess what?
It was easy. I’m talking 10 seconds easy.
So here’s the final look…
In case you don’t know, I’m married to a Canadian and there’s quite a bit of “eh” going on around here. I kept asking him, “Doesn’t it need an exclamation point or a question mark?” My husband insisted it wasn’t necessary since, “We use eh for everything.”
Here’s the run down of the pillows:
3 Large Pillows- Annie Selke Fabric – Seema/Oxford Ivory/Raspberry
(Our bedroom wall is the same light blue/gray in these pillows)
2 white pillows – I bought two king pillowcases – I put them on our wimpy standard pillows and wrapped the remaining fabric in the back – I will need to get the proper king sized pillows for these someday.
2 Pink Swirl Pillows – Annie Selke Fabric – Scramble Raspberry
1 “Love, eh” Burlap Pillow – burlap on front, Annie Selke on the back
I first taped off a section on the burlap and drew my words on with a sharpie.
Next, I went over my letters with black fabric paint.
After humming and hawing for awhile about the next step, I took the extra tape pieces off the sides – in other words, I made a rectangle of tape but didn’t take a picture.
I now had a perfect rectangle shape to follow when I free handed a rectangle with my white embroidery thread. I double the thread so it would be thicker throughout.
Here’s a fuzzy shot of the embroidery thread.
And the final products once again.
Now onto the bedroom lamps!
Jennifer you are actually married to an American now. Canadian heritage I guess.
Your pillows turned out beautifully! So glad you changed your sewing machine needle! Thanks for linking up to my Valentine Link Party!
Congrats! Those pillows look great!!!
they look great!!! I’m envious of your motivation! Keep going!
there’s a saying: you can take a Texan out of Texas, but you can’t take the Texas out of the Texan! Same goes for Canada! 🙂
Love the pillows! When in Michigan Amanda and I went into a shop that had burlap type pillows and pillows that were like inexpensive duck material…one had HO3 and there were othre sayings that were contemporary xmas…can’t get the 3 to the third power…
I love the pillows; the fabrics are beautiful!!
Wow! These look amazing. I have some patterns from Pottery barn…will just drop them off in your mailbox next time I am in the area, not a problem to pick them up when finished 😉