Pillow #1, #2

Haha, this is my sewing project #2: Toss Pillows. I am planning to redo all existing 8 pillows, hope I will finish them soon, otherwise, they will never be finished.

The goals of the projects are:

• Add colors to the family room.
• Washable pillow cover, creating separated pillow liner.
• Re-use existing pillow material and fabric if possible, buy new fabric if needed.
  

Existing pillows as shown here: 4 floral ones, 2 yellow ones, 2 blue ones.

Dissemble: it doesn't require much skills, but still time consuming... make it very good time-killer while watching TV.

Assemble: things start to get complicated here. First, it took several trips to the fabric store (Joann Fabric and Crafts) for people like me having problem on decision making. The fabric can be expensive, $7 to $20 per yard. The zipper costs $1.59 for 12" one. I also get some muslin for making the liner for the fillings.

It takes some practices to get the things right. Here are the ones I made so far:

• Pillow #1 (left): this one matches the water heater curtain and seat cushion. The fabric on the back side of the pillow uses the fabric from the blue pillow, inside out, since the color of the outside is faded a little. The piping reuses the one from the yellow pillow. Total cost: $1.59 (zipper) + $0.50 (liner) = $2.09.
• Pillow #2(right): the front uses the fabric I bought yesterday, the remaining are the same as the pillow #1. Total cost: $1.75(fabric) + $1.59 (zipper) + $0.50 (liner) = $3.84.

Stay tuned...