Thursday, July 28, 2011

Placemat designer cushions...





I'm super excited about my bargain 'Designer' cushions!  I've seen similar screen printed, doily cushions at a local gallery for huge amounts of money.  I spotted the place mats at my local spotlight store, a pack of two for $15.  I was immediately drawn to the colour and design, and got more excited as I realised I could easily turn them into cushions, they're already backed.  All that is required is a little unpicking, enough to fit stuffing through. I did this along the seam that had a label, so I could remove it.   The front is stiffened with interfacing, which bonded the front of cushion to back, so I pushed my hand gently between the two layers of fabric to separate(as in photo).  Stuff directly with fill, it needs to be quite full to smooth out the stiffened front. Hand stitch closed and run a top stitch along edge, to match the other top stitched sides.  It was a bit tricky doing this as cushion is full at this point.  You could hand stitch, though I wanted it finished pronto, so did by machine. 

I'll be linking up to ourcreativespaces, if you want to check out more creations.

Happy sewing

Sarah

10 comments:

  1. gorgeous, and what a great idea! look so pretty on your chair with the jasmine :)

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  2. So pretty. Sew pretty. Pretty impressed. Clever you.

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  3. Well, that's a lucky find. What a pretty photo with the chair!

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  4. That's totally cool, what a great idea & fantastic finish, love Posie

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  5. What a great idea... you'd never have guessed!

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  6. Awesome! Genius idea, it's crazy how expensive cushions can be isn't it?! *s*

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  7. Great idea, I love simple pretty things like this..That cushion would look perfect on an antique chair I recently bought, might have to make a special trip to Spotlight!

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  8. It looks beautiful. I love the soft colours!

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  9. you are so clever! That is fantastic!!

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