Thank God it's thrifty Friday, Friends--the last one of the year! It's Christmas clearance time and I have an easy, thrifty project to share. You will need two placemats and I bet you can find them at least 50% off, like I did at Target...
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I stitched them together around the very outer edge, leaving the bottom edge open for the pillow form.
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Next, I stitched around the silver design edge, again leaving the bottom edge open.
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Before inserting the pillow form, I trimmed the extra fabric from the napkin, turned under a hem and pressed. If you use two placemats, you won't need this step, go ahead and add your pillow form. I had a 12" x 16" pillow on hand. Be sure to keep an eye out for these at thrift stores, especially if you're like me and hate to "stuff" ;) Once your pillow is inserted stitch the openings, first at the design edge closest to the pillow and then at the outer edge. It will look something like this...
![An easy pillow tutorial using two placemats: mythriftstoreaddiction.blogspot.com DIY placemat pillow tutorial](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XkpXeVbvfkg/VJnB2IDfIZI/AAAAAAAAWiM/faONkBUzsh4/s1600/treepillowblog%2B022.jpg)
Now just find a home for your pretty new pillow!
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Until next time, happy hunting!
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MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR FEATURING THIS POST:
What a great and so much of the work is already done for you. Love it!
ReplyDeleteCute pillow Cecilia and looks so pretty on your chair.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful--you'd never know it was a place mat!
ReplyDeleteSimply lovely! And it certainly looks perfect on your chair :) Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteLove your pillow Cecilia! I have seen this done out of placemats but haven't tried it yet. I have so darn many pillows. lol! You might say I have somewhat of a fetish. Wishing you a happy New Year!
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Jann
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ReplyDeleteI love placemat pillows, too! I have a few waiting to stuff now...: )
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome idea! I will have to find a few placemats. Thanks for sharing and linking up to Scraptastic Saturdays.
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