Rose Trim Pillow

You all may remember hearing about the WholePort Creativity Expo. Basically, they gave you free craft supplies. AWESOME. This is the one I picked:


Very girly :) A pretty light pink rose trim. And here's what I made with it:


A pillow for my pink chair I recently redid!

I had leftover fabric from covering the seat of the chair. I bought it as a remnant originally for like $2 bucks, and then add on a free pretty trim?? This pillow cost me NADA to make. Most excellent :)

I cut out my pillow pieces and laid the trim down on the front piece. I was going to pin it down and sew it...

But I really suck at sewing and thought the flowers would all get stuck on the foot of the sewing machine....so I just hot glued it on. DON'T JUDGE ME OK??

I pinned the pieces together

And at least sewed the ends of the trim on for good measure :)

I made my own stuffing for the pillow by cutting up ends of quilting batting my mom had. Stuffing is freaking expensive. Cutting up enough batting by hand was also very tiring though....sigh. The price of frugality.

I finally cut enough stuffing and sewed up the last side using a blind stitch. I'm getting better at this stitch...it kinda looked semi-normal when I was done. I was very proud of myself.

And here it is altogether! My pink desk redo and my pink chair redo is now complete with this cute little pillow :)




Thank you WholePort for the free supplies!
If you would head over to the WholePort facebook page and like my entry I would love ya! I could win $50 for MORE free craft supplies. Whoopie!!

I'll be sharing this with all the link parties in my header including Today's Creative Blog and Christina's Adventures

Cherished Treasures”=

24 comments

  1. Very cute! And no judgement, but I would have used liquid stitch instead of hot glue, but that's just me. I saw trim like this last week at the store and wondered what I could use it on. I'm really liking this idea!

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  2. Looks great!! I got that trim too, and LOVE it. Its so romantic right?!

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  3. I liked it on FB:)
    I wish you win so you can continue to inspire me with your creations!
    Can't wait til you live with your fiancée and start doing stuff for your home:)

    Kiss

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  4. Cute! (An idea for future pillow projects--recycle stuffing from old flat pillows around the house.)

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  5. WOW you have some sewing skills girl! This is so pretty

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  6. Very pretty! The perfect accessory for your little desk~

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  7. I love that trim!! The pillow turned out great!

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  8. Gosh what pretty, your pillow looks so soft and elegant. Good job!

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  9. That looks awesome--hooray for free crafting supplies!!! There's absolutely nothing wrong with using the glue gun to stick stuff down, I use a glue gun loads :D

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  10. Hey, I picked that one too! It's sitting in my sewing room...haven't decided what to do with it yet. Your pillow looks so pretty! :)

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  11. That is the one I picked too! Guess we have great taste:) Love your pillow. My daughter wants a skirt with that as the trim. Haven't decided yet.

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  12. This is adorable! I am your newest follower! You can check out my blog if you would like - I'm just starting - http://breezypinkdaisies.blogspot.com

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  13. I picked that trim too! still thinking about what I want to do..... Love your pillow! I totally get your comment about the cost of stuffing! I have taken to watching for sales of bedroom pillows, sometimes you can get two for $5 and I buy them and use the stuffing!

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  14. How pretty!! I have got to check out this Wholeport thing. Thank you so much for linking up!

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  15. Very pretty. I think it looks very nice. Hey glue sure does come in handy at times. LOL

    Karan

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  16. So elegant! Loving this pillow. Following your blog now.I would love for you to show this off at my Wickedly Crafty Saturdays! http://wiccanmakesometoo.blogspot.com/2011/07/wickedly-crafty-saturdays.html

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  17. Oh that rose trim is just so perfect and girly...it so fits your new desk!!

    Thanks so much for linking to "20 Below Thursday"! And thanks for linking back to my party too :)

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  18. I got the same trim from them and am stuck as to what to make with it. It's so soft and my cats seem to find it and love to lay on my trim..beautiful pillow! Thanks for linking up, stop over and link up again this weekend...

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