Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Peace Sign pillow

Supplies:
Pillow
Red fleece
Grey felt
Zpper
Sewing machine 
 
I've had two pillows with metallic green covers sitting in our living room for quite some time. When I got them (for free from my sister) I had planned on making new covers for them but never got to it. I finally made one (and have supplies to make another)!

First I took the old cover off of the pillow and measured the size. Then I cut the red fleece down to size.
Zippers are not my friend but I decided to try my hand at adding a zipper to the pillow. I used an invisible zipper that I already had on hand.
I pinned the zipper to one side of the fleece and sewed it on. 
Then I pinned the zipper to the other side of the fleece and sewed it on.
Zipper is done! It turned out okay - not the best but much better than anticipated. 
After printing out the peace sign (I made it 11 inches around) I traced it onto the grey felt fabric.
 
I used a marker designed for tracing on fabric and after a while the marking goes away. 
 Then I cut out the peace sign. 
I centered the peace sign on the fleece and pinned it on.
 Then I sewed around the edges.
Sewing is done!
I put the case on the pillow and it fit perfectly!
 
 
I have one more pillow cover to make and then I'll finally have pillows that match my living room. Maybe one day I'll even get to the cushion covers...


oneprettything

6 comments:

  1. This is so cute! We saw this over at Cheri's Party! We are your newest followers and would love for you to stop by our blog!

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  2. This is great, my daughter would love one for her room! thanks for sharing this at Fantastic Friday.

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  3. Your peace sign pillow is absolutely amazing. Thankyou for linking it up at FineCraftGuild.com's DIY tutorial linky party.

    Starting every Wednesday ...
    Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

    Please do give us a link back. An easy-to-use code tool to post the party logo is on the linky party page here:
    http://www.finecraftguild.com/diy-ers-home-decorators-crafters/
    Thank you so much!

    PEACE TO YOU!

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  4. One of my daughters is obsessed with peace signs...I'll have to see about making her one of these!

    Thanks for linking @'Sew Cute Tuesday'!

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  5. Very cute! Thanks for linking with Air Your Laundry Friday! xo Jami

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