Thursday, March 24, 2011

My "New" Pillow


I can't bear to throw out a perfectly comfy pillow just because its colors clash with our current paint scheme. Of course, it's not really embracing frugality to stash them up in the attic and buy new ones either. So, I found some cute fabric at Etsy, bought a stash of zippers and searched for a blog tutorial that didn't look too difficult.

After having all of this accomplished, I let everything sit for several months until yesterday, when I finally devoted that precious hour of "naptime" to get the zipper part done. I surprised myself by finishing the cover in one afternoon and I learned several new things in the process. Most important tip: you really do need to sew a basting stitch over that zipper if you want to actually use the zipper. I love learning useful things and it's good for my children to see me struggle with something but learn how to do it right.

And I love my "new" pillow!

1 comment:

  1. Hello again, Becky!

    I want to invite you to the Earth Day Reading Project, a blog event being organized by a garden blogger called The Sage Butterfly. I think you'll really like it. Here is the link for more details on the project:

    http://thesagebutterfly.blogspot.com/2011/04/earth-day-reading-project-blog-meme.html

    Bel

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