Vintage Embroidery Pillows

I usually don't pass up vintage embroidery when I'm at estate sales or thrift stores.
I can only imagine the amount of time and talent that went into making them.
I hate to think that nobody loves those pieces.

I took two different pieces that I've found and repurposed them into pillows.

The two deer pillows are from the same table runner.
The smaller heart was from a vintage hankie.

I decided to make them heart shaped pillows.

Here's the table runner that I used. See how it had a patch in the middle?

It really couldn't be used as a runner anymore, so I thought it would make lovely pillows.

It had the image embroidered on both ends, so I was able to make two pillows.



Here's the hankie I used.

I started by cutting a heart out of a stiff piece of paper.

Then I traced around the heart onto the fabric.

For the hankie, I traced two hearts for the front and back of the pillow.



For the deer prints, I used a paisley fabric to back the pillows.

That way I could make two matching pillows.

For the smaller heart, I used the trim from the hankie around the edge of the pillow.

What do you think?


Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

Seek the Lord and His strength;

seek His face evermore!

1 Chron. 16:11

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Pink Fuzzy Pillow

My sewing machine has been sitting out on my dining room table since I got it out

last week for a different project.

I was hoping that with it out and convenient, I'd find some time to use it to make something else this week. Today I was finally able to eek out some time.

 

 

I've had this pink fuzzy material for awhile and thought it would make a cute pillow.

 

 

I added this pink and white pom pom trim.

 

 

It's just so soft and fuzzy.

Makes me want to lay down and take a nap on it:)

 

I hope you all have a lovely and restful weekend. Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

 

Listen to counsel and receive instruction,

that you may be wise in your latter days.

Proverbs 19:20

 

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Tea Towel Pillow

A few weeks ago I came across two tea towels at the thrift store.

They were only a quarter apiece.

I don't often come across cute tea towels in my secondhand shopping,

so I was delighted when I found them.

  

 

I knew right away that these fellas would become a pillow.

 

I started by sewing the lace along the edge of one of the towels.

Then I laid the towels face to face with the lace sandwiched in between them and ran them through my sewing machine.

I left about a four inch gap so that I could turn the towels right side out and fill them with stuffing.

I finished off the pillow by hand sewing the gap closed.

 

The tea towels are large, so the pillow ended up being the size of a regular pillow.

 

 

The words say Bon Buni Cucacao- not for sure what area the map is featuring,

but I think it turned out pretty cute.

It will join all the other pillows on my door couch.

 

Pillows are such a simple sewing project.

Now that I've made several, I may be ready to move on to a more complicated sewing project. . .

 

Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

 

When a man's ways please the Lord,

He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Proverbs 16:7

 

 

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Handmade Pillow

The minute I spotted this darling camera fabric at Hobby Lobby,

I knew that I had to get some.

It's so cute, but the print was large enough that the only thing

I could think to make with it was a pillow.

 

So here it is. . .

in all its glory with its lovely red trim.

 

I enjoy making pillows because they're so easy.

 

I cut my panels from different parts of the fabric so my front and back would be different.

 

It's a great addition to the other pillows on my door couch.

You can go here and here to see the other pillows.

 

What else could make with this fabric?

 

Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

 

Oh, send out Your light and Your truth!

Psalm 43:3

 

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Tea Towel Pillow With Tutorial

I've got a darling pillow to share with you today. It's made from a vintage tea towel.

 

This is the front. It's a map of Lancashire Coast and Lake District.

I love the bright colors on the towel!

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Here's the back.

I used this red ruffle trim to bring out the red in the fabric.

 

I got this tea towel at an estate sale for $2.

 

 

To make it into a pillow, I first cut it in half.

 

 

Then I pinned my trim around the edge of one half and ran it through my sewing machine.

 

Sometimes when I make a pillow, I just pin the trim in between the two pieces of fabric

and sew it all at once.

This trim was so thick, I wanted to be able to see what I was doing.

 

 

Once the trim was attached, I pinned the two halves of the fabric---right sides together.

I sewed all around the edges leaving about six inches along one side.

Then I turned it inside out and filled it with cotton stuffing.

To finish it off, I used an invisible hand stitch to sew the hole shut.

 

 

I'm nowhere near the seamstress I'd like to be, but I think this turned out pretty cute!

 

If you like this pillow, you may want to check out this one I made from a pinto bean bag.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

 

Yes, I will help you,

I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Isaiah 41:10

 

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I Heart Making Pillows!

Hey, happy Friday the 13th to you all!

I've never considered this a bad day- I was actually born on a Friday the 13th. :)

 

You know how how I've shown you a couple of pillows that I made and told you that I am on a pillow kick? Well, here's further evidence. . .

 

 

It's a heart button pillow!

 

I started by lightly drawing a heart on a piece of fabric (that I actually purchased at a thrift store). Then I used fabric glue and covered the heart with many different colored buttons. Over several days, I sewed on all the buttons. The fabric glue was just to keep them in place until I got them all sewn on. Once that was done, the piece of fabric just sat. . . for a long time. Until I started making pillows. Then I attached the red pom-pom trim to this piece, cut out another piece of fabric, and sewed the two together. Finally, I stuffed it- Voila!

 

If you'd like to see the other pillows I've featured, you can go here or here.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and God bless.

 

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,

endures all things. Love never fails.

1 Cor. 13:7

 

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Bag of Pinto Beans. . . Or A Pillow?

I'm so glad you stopped by! I have a quirky and fun project to share with you today.

It's a pillow- made from a pinto bean bag!

I got the bag for ten cents at a yard sale last year. No joke.

It's been folded up on a shelf since I bought it. Then I recently tried making a pillow and was so pleased with the results that I started looking around to see what else I could turn into a pillow. And I remembered this beautiful burlap bag.

So I dug through my ribbon collection and found this delightful blue pom-pom trim

and knew it was meant to be.

Now, let me tell you that I'm by no means a seamstress. I remember tips my mom has taught me over the years and bits and pieces from Home Ec. Lucky for me it doesn't take too much to sew two rectangles together!

If you like this project, you may want to take a look at another pillow I made.

Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

For the Lord is good;

His mercy is everlasting, and

His truth endures to all generations.

Psalm 100:5

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Simple Pillow Project

I have discovered a new hobby. . . sewing pillows!

I must say, the process goes so quickly, I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. . .

Here's my first creation.

I got this fabric out of the remnants section in the Hobby Lobby clearance rack.

The lace was some that I pulled out of my stash.

 

The reason I went with a short, long pillow is because that's how the fabric

was cut. I just worked with what I had. 

 

 

For now, I've propped it on the couch among my current store-bought pillows.

One by one, I plan to replace my worn out pillows with new pretty handmade pillows.

 

 

Who doesn't love toile?

 

Thanks for stopping by and God bless.

 

Owe no one anything except to love one another,

for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8

 

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