A few weeks ago I showed you my budget-friendly porch makeover with its bright and colorful pillows. The yellow pillows were from Kmart but the turquoise pillows I actually made out of placemats. It was my first time making placemat pillows, but with how easy they are to make you’ll be seeing a lot more during the holidays.
I remember seeing placemat pillows all over blogland last Summer and thinking I should make some. Well I finally got around to it and I’m in love with the simplicity of this project. What’s great about placemat pillows is that they’re fairly inexpensive to make. I bought my placemats for less than $3 each and the stuffing I already had on hand but you can find it at your local craft store.
To make your own you’ll need a seam ripper, placemats, stuffing, and a sewing machine or you could even hand stitch the seam close if you’d like.
Carefully open one seam and stuff the pillow. For this size of placemats I used half a package of stuffing for each one.
Insert pins and sew the seam close. If you need to, push the stuffing to the opposite side while you’re sewing then fluff the pillow when you’re done.
You can add flowers to embellish them or even a coordinating trim. I added fabric rosettes with a fabric button center. I’ve been on the lookout for the i-top button maker but can’t find it locally. But I did find this neat little device at Joann’s for a couple of bucks.
Fabric Rosettes Tutorial:
1. Iron interfacing to the back of your fabric.
2. Cut strips of fabric 1-2 inches wide depending on how big you want your flower to be.
3. Fold fabric strip accordion style and glue the ends together.
4. Press rosette down and hot glue the center together.
5. Add fabric button if desired.
Thank you so much! I love this idea!!
What a fantastic idea!!!! I pinned this and will have to give it a try. It would work great too with seasonal placemats and it would be a great way to get some good seasonal pillows pretty cheap. I would love it if you would link your pillows up to my linky party at https://www.firehousecrafts.com/whats-hot-in-the-firehouse-linky-party-2/. Hope to see you there :)
Oh my! These are so stinkin’ cute. The colors and patterns are to die for. I think even I could do this project :)
I’d love it if you’d link up with me at Off the Hook!
https://daisycottagedesigns.blogspot.com/2012/05/off-hook-2.html
These pillows are so clever!! I found you on Somewhat Simple! I would love it if you would link up and my linky party going on now!
Kim@madeinaday
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Well i already follow you~ Geez do i feel stupid! Anyway I hope you will link these up!
Kim@madeinaday
Love these pillows! I can’t wait to try them out, thanks so much for the great post! ( p.s., i do follow your blog but found this post on Delightful Order’s “Delightfully Inspiring Thursday Party” ! )
What a wonderful idea! I may do this one day.
I love how you simply ripped out the seam on one side. I’ve seen place mat pillows before, but they were always folded in half or backed with another material. Great job!
We’d love for you to link up to our Finished Friday blog party.
So bright and cheerful!! These came out great! I featured you today in my Friday I’m In Love favorites!
https://socialsalutations.blogspot.com/2012/05/friday-im-in-love-with-outdoor-projects.html
XOXO
Jenn @ Social Salutations
Sew easy and cute!!! I love making placemat pillows! ;) I love those colors too…
These are so gorgeous! I think I may be able to even do them myself but I love the pattern of your placemats in particular, I wonder if I can get them here in the UK, I doubt it though.
I am LOVING these colors! I agree – they totally make your porch bright and cheery! :) Have a great weekend! xo, Reannah
Those are soooo pretty! I think I need to make some of these! :)
Pinning this.
That is genius I am going to have to be on the look out for cute placemats now : )
Goregeous! You make it look so easy! I am not much of a sewer but I could definitely do this :)
Great idea. Both pillows are so cute and great color choices!
I love this project and I love your blog and I’m linking here, facebook, Pinterest and sharing on facebook too :D
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Oh my! These are fabulous! You take great pictures of your work, too! Very fun!
We would LOVE for you to stop over and link up this awesome idea in our Crafty Saturday Showcase. The Showcase runs Saturday through Thursday. Then our Designers will pick their top linked up picks and feature them on Friday! Stop over and join in the fun! We have a linky for crafty bloggers and ETSY/Business Bloggers!
Have a great weekend,
Susie
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Love this…. where did you find these cute placemats?
Wow- these are great and would fit perfectly with my planned color scheme for my living room makeover!
Following you from Six Sisters and would love to have you come by and join up our Weekend Blog Walk at At Home Take 2. https://www.athometake2.blogspot.com.
Jessica
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