Mini Bedroom Makeover

The other day while the hubs was at work I got a brilliant idea, give the bedroom a makeover! We have had our green bedding since we got married, almost 2 years ago it didn't seem very cozy or inviting anymore.

First thing I did was gather some supplies. I ran and got some candle holders from the thrift store, fabric & ribbon, candlesticks from the dollar store, and a window sheer and flowers from wally world.


Second I got to work on the candlestick holders and gave them a couple coats of white spray paint. While those dried I got to work on the pillow covers (the same from this tutorial.) This was my first time adding a fringe and I think it turned out pretty well.

The little pillow actually just got flipped over and tied with ribbon.

To tie things together I took off the duvet cover, hung the sheer, tied ribbon around the tie backs, added flowers, and threw some fabric in an old frame and Ta Da...mini make-over for under $30!

Before...blah

After

Can't leave well enough alone

So the pillow cover I made last week was lacking something, at least to me. I made some fabric rosettes and leaves to hot glue onto the corner. Now it has a home on the guest bed where I will finally leave it alone.

Flap closure pillow

While in church...(awful, I know!) I finally figured out how to make an envelope-ish, non zipper pillow. I took my final scraps of muslin left over from the shower curtain and went to work. I think it is the easiest pillow I have made so far. And the best part? No hand sewing at the end!

I first laid out the pillow on the scrap. You'll notice I had to sew extra pieces on the ends to make it big enough. My pillow form was 19"x19" so I made the length 20" to allow for the seams and the width about 46". Just double the pillow width and add about 8" for the flaps that will overlap to hold the pillow in.

I wanted to give the pillow more flare so I randomly cut diagonal strips down the center of the pillow. I sewed the strips with the seams facing out to give it more texture.
When you are ready to sew the pillow case together, hem the the lose edges of the short ends and then fold each end toward the center. I folded them on top of the pillow first and marked where the two ends would meet on the overlap.
Pin everything together on the two open ends and head over to the sewing machine.
Sew down both ends, strait over the flaps and everything. Once sewn, flip that bad boy right side out and stuff the pillow in. I pressed my seams down at the end to make them stand out more.


Here is the flap. I lucked out and used the seared ends of the fabric so I didn't need to sew a hem to close any raw edges.