You start with a placemat.
I bought this one from Target for $2.99. You just need to make sure that it's double sided (instead of just a piece of fabric that's hemmed all the way around).
Grab your seam ripper and pull out the hem on one side of your placemat. I chose the right side.
Once you've ripped out that seam, you will need to rip through the seam holding the two pieces together just inside.
I just ripped a few inches open - enough space to stuff with my filling.
Next, grab your polyfill (or even the filling from an old pillow you don't like anymore) and start stuffing.
When it's full enough, press the open end together and pin along the edge. You don't have to be quite as OCD about this step as I was. :)
Now sew a straight line near the very edge that matches the other hems and you've got a new pillow! A pillow that was, in its former life, a placemat.
Who would even know?!
what a great, cheap idea!!! totally gonna copy! thanks! ;)
ReplyDeleteUm that is incredible. Wish I could remember how to sew a straight line. Goodness gracious I need help.
ReplyDeleteLove it! I'm with KS though...I hope I can sew a straight line!
ReplyDeleteAh! Beautiful!!!!
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ReplyDeletewho would have thought that's a placemat?! sooo cool!!!
ReplyDeleteloved talking with you yesterday. miss you, friend.
wow.... seriously?! this is too brilliant. yours turned out incredibly cute, whitney! i must try it! thank you, thank you!
ReplyDeletebrilliant! i can't wait to try this :)
ReplyDeleteamazing! i love it.
ReplyDeleteI love being crafty but never make time to do it! Thank you for inspiring us all :)
ReplyDeletelove this!
ReplyDeleteYay! I did this for some Christmas gifts from some Anthropologie placemats, and I was looking EVERYwhere for the blog that I got the idea from. One of my readers commented that it could be from here. It was--- Thanks so much!!
ReplyDeleteOh holy cow. That's amazing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely idea!! I enjoy reading your blog so much and you have inspired me in decorating my home! I am new to blogging and just wrote a post that I linked your post to. Thanks so much for sharing!!
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I have this exact same pillow made the same way! How funny. I did this last spring. I never saw the idea anywhere, but I loved the placemat so much, I just had to make it into a pillow. Your blog is adorable!
ReplyDeleteYou are just adorable!
ReplyDeleteI wait for the after-holiday markdowns on cute placemats at Kohl's. They have to have a plain back that wasn't stitched all the way through though. I rip open one end and stuff them and use them for holiday gifts. So easy and so cheap.
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