Bleacher Pillow

Daughter Alison wanted a pillow for the bleachers during volleyball and basketball games.  Used up the last scraps of volleyball material I had.  I still have a little basketball material left.  I've made so many things out of volleyball material with all four girls having played in high school, it's kind of sad.
Sharon Horn
Kodiak, AK

ginormous floor pillow

I have a lot of purple Minkee leftover from making my oldest daughter's crib bedding (almost 8 years ago!) so today it became a giant floor pillow for the girls to use when they watch TV. I actually have enough to make 2, but the 5 lb box of stuffing was only enough for one pillow. Tomorrow, I buy another box and stuff the other pillow. These are big enough to be dog beds! Oh well, at least the Minkee has a use now rather than being stuffed in a bag taking up space. This is Chloe (almost 5) posing with the one that got stuffed. -Cristyn

Chair Cushions -- out with the old, in with the new!

My fabric for my chair cushions finally arrived in the mail yesterday! 

So I spent today making new cushions for my chairs.

2 summers ago I bought these ugly chair cushions from Walmart on clearance as a temporary fix until I had more time to make new ones.  

blah...they are so boring! :)

Well, it has been almost a year and a half since those cushions were purchased, so I took the opportunity of 'pillows' to finally check a project off my list!

I spent the first two weeks of February spending endless hours on the computer browsing fabric websites searching for the perfect fabric.  It was such a hard decision as there were many I liked.  I finally went with the Pezzy Print by American Jane for Moda. Of course, it was green! :) and had a little pizazz to it!

The shape of the old cushion worked well in the chair so I removed all the stuffing and saved it to restuff in to the new cushions. I used the old fabric to make a pattern for the new fabric. This all went fairly quickly until I got to the part where I decided to make fabric covered buttons to hand-sew on to the cushions.   The sewing on is what took the longest! But now the buttons are on and I love the new cushions! 

They spice up the kitchen table!

Alison Horn
Kodiak, AK 

School Spirit Pillow

So I used an oversized t-shirt that I had from KHS and made a butt pillow to use at the games. Nothing fancy, but it will come in very handy. I have another pillow project I am working on for a friend, but it involves photos and 4 pillows, so it will be a long-term project. I'll post the finished product when I am done with them.

Stefanie Kondro

Mustache Pillow!

I am a little obsessed with mustaches! So I decided what better type of pillow to make! I just found a mustache I liked online printed it and enlarged it and cut the shape out! This one is for me & my friends birthday is coming up soon and she is sort of infactuated with mustaches also, so I have another one it just needs to be stuffed!!

Emily Horn

Kodiak

potholders! - A day late, but finished!

 

FINALLY! i have finished my potholders! i have been super busy and have been putting of sewing the binding on my last potholder!  My first was just super simple but i had a melt-down when my pincher's (like stefanie's) weren't turning out! but i eventually decided to dive into another potholder! I found a heart pattern and tried it out! was actually super easy and turned out cute! 

Emily Horn

Kodiak, AK

Heart Shaped Potholders

disclaimer:  I am not a fan of hearts in reality, but thought I would try this anyways.

I received this pattern from a woman in California probably 8 years ago.  She hand wrote the directions for me and included a partially finished and a finished potholder to show me how exactly they went together.  I was digging the mini-piping added to the edges of the cuffs and that she included hard plastic cutout pattern pieces.

All in all this was a super simple project and I was able to use scraps that I had on hand.... nothing like the last minute though.  :o)  They are not as ornate or fancy as some of the other potholders, but they will make a great Valentine's Day gift for someone.

Annie
Fairbanks, Ak

February Challenge -- Pillows, Pillows, Pillows

Happy February to All Crafters!

Great work on the January challenge. All pot holders and placemats turned out wonderful!!

The February challenge is pillow themed! Pillow Cases. Pillow Covers. Bedroom Pillows. Throw Pillows. Pillows. Pillows. Pillows. 

Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with this month!!

Happy Crafting!