Saturday, February 5, 2011

Placemat Pillow

A couple of years ago I saw this idea on a blog and I've been wanting to try it ever since.  If you get a lined placemat you can make it into a pillow super easy and it's very inexpensive.  I found this placemat at Target and thought it would make a really pretty pillow.


It's lined AND it was on clearance.  Bonus!


I got some soft batting to stuff into the placemat


Ripped a seam that was just big enough to stuff the batting into



I filled it to the fluffiness that I wanted and sewed it back up.


I don't have a sewing machine so I had to do it by hand.


And now I've got some super easy, cute and inexpensive pillows for my couch that I can brag about. :)  It probably cost me about 5 bucks each to make these pillows, which, if you've ever been decorative pillow shopping, is less than half of what they would charge you in the stores.

3 comments:

  1. LOVE it. I just bought the matching table cloth to make curtains for my kitchen. I just might make the same pillows you did for my living room :)

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  2. CUTE! I totally love those! Are they sitting on your couch? The design is awesome! Love you! :D

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  3. i love that!!!!!! i am totally going to do that in my house <3

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