To create this pillow I followed this simple tutorial over at Design*Sponge which shows you how to sew a zipper onto a pillow. Once I had my pillow stuffed, I got to work on the felt flowers.
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| First, you want to cut circles out of your felt. One sheet of felt produced about 6 circles. I haphazardly cut out the circles, it doesn't matter if they aren't perfect. |
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| Next, I folded each circle into fours creating a nice little scrunched petal and stitch the bottom to keep its shape. |
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| Once you have all of your little scrunched petals you want to gather about 5-6 petals and stitched them all together to form a bunch. I then attached tiny safety pins to the back of the bunch. |
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| Finally, just pin the flowers onto the pillow. Tah-Dah! |
Cost Breakdown
1/2 yard of fabric = $7
16" zipper = $1.50
3 sheets of felt = $1
pillow form = $3
TOTAL COST = $12.50
The fabric is called Courtyard Pumpkin and was purchased at Jo-Ann Fabrics. Sorry, but I couldn't find it on their website.
Looking back at my receipt they charged me for a full yard of fabric instead of 1/2 yard. Clearly I need to pay more attention at the register because this isn't the first time they do this. Their entire fabric checkout system needs to be reworked. Bah!
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Love those little rosettes! They look like the rosettes that anthropologie used in their holiday gift wrapping last year!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute!
ReplyDeleteWhen I can't sleep, I watch QVC and eat ice cream... I wish I was more like you, this pillow is too cute!!
ReplyDelete@Kate - I just googled anthropologie's 2009 gift wrapping, and they do look alike!
ReplyDelete@Nikki - Thank you :)
@Kasey - I've been up all night and so far all I've done is eat ice cream and watch Investigation Discovery. Seems like the productivity bug has moved on to another person :/
Hey Gaby, just wanted to let you know I FEATURED this pillow today. Good job, and feel free to come get a button. THANKS SO MUCH for linking up, and hope to have you back again every Tuesday :)
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