I know you have seen a placemat pillow floating around the net somewhere right? I made one before waaaay back when! :) I still love that one BTW! When I ran across a placemat at Big Lots for $2 that was GORGEOUS! I decided to DIY a pillow from a placemat!
See this $2 placemat...both sides are gorgeous! And those colors....perfect living room match!! We need to talk pillows a minute. I make lots for my family room and some may look like they are not to be used by snot nosed kids. My theory is, I put $2 into this pillow, let the snot fly! When it is too nasty to take it anymore, I will make another one and toss this one!
These are seriously the easiest thing EVA!! You just use your seam ripper to make yourself a hole in one edge. Enough to get your stuffing in there is all you need. Then just stuff and sew that little hole back up. So flippin easy!!
Okay that side above is def my fave!! But the other side doesn't look shabby at all...
I heart my new $2 pillow!! And will continue to heart it until someone rips it or spills something on it...then it will be on to the next pillow!
So let your kids use your "company" pillows -- it will be okay!
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15 comments:
Brilliant. Now it's going to be impossible to pass up the cute, never been used, placemats at the thrifstore.
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Angie, that is so cute!!! Love that pretty pattern. :) I need to try one of these! Thanks for the visit today. :)
OMGOsh was an amazing Idea. I am going to have to give this one a try. I am always seeing super cute placemats on sale but they normally only have one or two. Thanks... And I heart your pillow too...
geeeeenius :)
Brilliant!!
Love this... Thanks for sharing! Tina
Amazing! Even me (a self-proclaimed non-sew-er) could whip one of these babies up. Plus, there are oodles of placemat options! Great idea!
Very nice, thanks for sharing.
This is a beautiful pillow, sister friend. I love it...
love this my mom many years ago used placemats to make me and my sisters purses I will never forget this I may use your idea to make her a pillow come see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com
What do you use for stuffing?
omg.. we had the same ideas. i just made some last week after finding cheap placemats. I used table runners for the back. Check it out here: http://www.theautisticsalvager.blogspot.com/
silla
Thank you soooo much for sharing this! For those of us who don't/can't sew - this is ingenious and so clever. Can't wait to try this! :)
I have these placements! Have an odd number stashed bc they didn't have enough.... Thanks for the inspiration
This is great, can you please post how it is done, i need step by step instructions with pics
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