Projects

I have been doing some sewing projects, so many that I haven't been able to post them! Ill give you a sneak peak of something I just finished.

This is the before!!
bought it on Craigslist for $50!!

Tutorial:Decorative Pillow

What you will Need



Measure your Stuffed Pillow that will go inside of your Pillow Cover you Sew. Mine is about 11 1/2 inches, so cut out your fabric at about 12 inches.

Here is my cut out pillow. You are going to put this aside for a little bit.

Now you are going to Cut out strips of Fabric that are about double the length of the actual pillow. My Pillow is 12 inches long, so I would cut mine out at 24 inches.

Take one of your Strips and put your machine on the basting stitch. Make sure you are sewing down the middle.

Make sure you don't cut your thread right next to your fabric. You need all the thread you can get. This is what you will pull to gather your seams. Give about 1-2 thread allowance.

Now grab one of the thread's and pull carefully, if it breaks, you have to start over.

This is what it looks like when it's done.

Get one side of the pillow and start pinning your gathered pieces. Make sure to lay them flat because it can get hard to sew them since they are all gathered.

This can get difficult, but you gotta have patience. Make sure you put your machine back on normal stitch. Just sew on stop of your baste stitch.

Just keep doing this. I only used 5 strips for my pillow.

Now take your other piece of the pillow you cut out, right sides together and sew. Then you will turn it inside out, and put the pillow in. I usually hand sew one side.

Now you are done!! I made 2, so it's not one long big one!

Tutorial:Message Board

Message Boards are so fun! You can put invitations, swatches of fabric, Photographs of Loved one, Inspirational pieces of art, pretty much anything your little heart desires. A few of the design blogs I read have done this before too. So this might be a repeat project, but it's fun and easy...and no sewing involved!!

All you need to get is a cork board.

Target had them for 7 bucks. Then you are going to want some pretty sturdy fabric, but don't assume all sturdy, thick fabric is ugly and boring. I picked something bright and colorful that actually goes completely off my color scheme. I figure its going to have things covering up, why not do something bright so you can see this poking through, Be Brave and Venture into the bright fabrics!

Now you are going to want to get your staple gun which is only 15 bucks! And if you look at it like me, then you can reupholster your seat cushions on your dining room table, and making a headboard for your bedroom, so 15 bucks is very worth it.

You are going to staple all around the back of the frame and pulling the fabric nice and tug...this is when you get your man out to help so he use his man muscles.

And there you go! Simple as that. Put whatever you want on it!It sure is a lot of fun to have!