I've been looking for the perfect pillows for our living room for weeks and weeks, and I just couldn't ever find anything that worked. The walls are a deep warm red and the couches are a cream color... I didn't want red because there'd be too big a chance that they would clash with the walls, and I didn't want cream because then they'd just blend in with the couches. And I just couldn't find a color print that I thought would work. I figured a black and white design might be classy... And then I remembered how much I like toile. So I looked and looked for toile pillows, but I couldn't find anything.
So I decided to make them myself! We had a few pillows that we didn't want to use anymore, so I bought a black-on-cream toile fabric on sale at Joann and made pillow covers for them!
You have to understand..... I know these are only pillow covers, not really all that much to get excited about, but I am so not a seamstress. I am a risk-taker, though. So I tried it, after not having touched a sewing machine in years, and.....
They came out pretty well! Don't you think? :) I'm super proud.
Very pretty!! Good job :) I can't sew at all!
ReplyDeleteI love DIY projects ( though I'm not always good a them) and the feeling of acomplishment!
ReplyDeleteAnd I am proud of you! I can't saw AT ALL...and so I think I would be too scared to undertake a sowing project like this myslef... :) The pillows turned out great! Hey, maybe this is something you will want to do more of (if you enjoyed it)! Good job!
ReplyDeleteThose look great! --- and yes, I think a WHOLE BOX of kleenex is needed for that video!! :)
ReplyDeleteThe pillows look great! I like toile a lot,too. I'm proud of you!
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Lovely! It reminds me of the pattern on my sister-in-law's fancy dishes - only hers are a red pattern. Nice choice, Sylvie! I'm sure they'll be a talking point with guests. Cheri
ReplyDeleteI'm very impressed! They really are smart looking! Great job.
ReplyDeletesylvie, i did not realize when i saw those pillows that you MADE them!!!! wow---good job!! i just remembered that your blog is not on my 'reader' so i have to add it as a bookmark and get all caught up...i love it!!
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