Sewing Projects

Thank you all so much for your support and encouragement yesterday! I’m so happy you like the pillows. I hope to add more as soon as possible in a variety of colors, so stay tuned. Do you remember when I made new pillows for our outdoor bench? And at that point I mentioned I wanted to add tangerine pillows. While sewing the arrow pillows, I kept my sewing machine out to sew a few orange pillow covers.

I bought the fabric at Joann’s about a month ago, not knowing exactly what I wanted to make.

For the back side, I made an envelope closure back in a bright tangerine coordinating fabric.

I’m a big fan of mixing floral and geometric, and I’m really liking the color combo.

These covers are quilting weight cotton, but if they start getting damaged, I can bring them inside.

So that’s the latest little project. Progress has been slow elsewhere because the roof is taking up so much time and energy. Hopefully I can knock out a project or two to share soon.

I love patterns and pops of color to freshen up a room. One easy way to add pattern, color or both is with fabrics. Pillow covers are an easy, simple and affordable solution. First, find a fabric you like. I chose this pink geometric pattern for $7.00 per yard from Joann Fabric. Determine the size of the pillow insert you’ll use; you can also buy inserts from Joann. I bought a 16 inch square pillow form.

To make your pillow cover, cut a piece of fabric 1 inch wider than your insert size and 6 to 8 inches longer than double the pillow size. To make a 16 inch pillow cover, I cut my fabric 17 inches wide by 42 inches long.

Starting with your fabric face down, fold your short ends over about 1/2 inch and pin to secure. Then, fold over again, pinning in place. Sew a straight line across. Do this to both ends. Flip your fabric over, right side up.