Happy Wednesday!
Last week, my mom was kind enough to come up for a visit, to help me make pillows to coordinate with our re-done living room.
Always nice when you can bribe her with a cute granddaughter, too… 🙂
(If you’ll look closely at the picture above, you’ll see she’s drawn pink marker on her face. That’s what happens when I hand her the only thing that will make her happy on a fussy day, then turn my attention to something else for a moment. Oops!)
Thank you to those who gave me input on the fabric swatches! I decided on the grey geometric for sofa pillows, and the aqua chevron print for the chair pillow. I wanted to bring in aqua–and I know chevron’s EVERYWHERE (read: as soon as I use it in my home it will probably go out of style within months), but I love it anyway & had to rep it somehow!
I used old feather pillow inserts (old meaning they were from the pillows I used in our “old” living room, purchased at Homegoods) and my mom helped me give them a new attitude! And by help me, I mean she did the LION’S SHARE of the work. Like 99% of it. I am still learning the art of sewing and do not trust myself! Plus, she can work twenty times faster.
Pictured above: a little girl up to no good, pajamas unbuttoned and flapping in the wind!
The pillow covers were created using straight seams on 3 sides, then hand-stitched along the fourth side after the form was inserted.
I feel like I could manage to make more on my own now, after having watched my mother very closely!
Aren’t they awesome? I can brag because my mom made them! I think she did a fabulous job. They tie in our color scheme very nicely. Thank you GG!
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