I've already admitted that I am unashamedly addicted to pinterest, but unfortunately most of the things I pin don't ever make it off of the computer screen and into real life. Today however, I can pat myself on the back because not only did I actually MAKE something I saw on pinterest, I did it on a SEWING MACHINE. This girl - who sewed the top of her apron to the bottom of her apron when her grandma tried to teach her to sew - made 2 pillow slip covers! By MYSELF. And... wait for it... I even figured out how to thread the bobbin. I'm not going to lie. I was pretty pleased with myself.
Here's the link to my pinterest which will take you to the site that the original idea came from.
Here's my take on the instructions:
1.) Buy your choice of fabric and either pillow forms or old pillows that need to be covered.
3.) Lay fabric down so the side you want shown is facing you. Fold up about 1/3 of the length of the fabric and then fold 1/3 of that back down. Its hard to see in this picture because of the way the fabric is but if you look close you can see how I've folded the fabric up so the white side is showing and then back down to see the cowboys side again.
4.) Now fold the top of the fabric down so that you partially cover the fold you made in the previous step. There should be a just a little strip of the fabric that you want to see showing.
4 comments
Momma says she is proud! :)
ReplyDeleteI thought she would be :)
DeleteAwesome! I've been putting off throw pillows forevvvver! I need to just do it!
ReplyDeleteIts SOOO easy! I had been looking all over for throw pillows for Mark and I's front room and finally settled on ones that I wasn't really in love with. Now that I know I can make the slip covers, I might take the others back and make new ones myself!
Delete