Kitchen Towel Pillow
| April 24, 2012 | Posted by Jessie under Crafty Things, Master Bedroom, Sewing Projects |
Today’s tutorial is a how-to on how I created the simple pillow on our new window seat. This little project came from a lack of inspiring fabrics. I couldn’t find anything that I really loved at any of our local fabric stores and when I spied this sweet little kitchen towel at Target, I knew I could make it work as a pillow.
- kitchen towel
- scrap fabric for center {I used about 7″ of extra drop cloth}
- sewing machine
- coordinating thread
I started by cutting my towel in half lengthwise. I laid out the drop cloth over the pillow and measured how large it needed to be. To cover my pillow, I needed about 7″ wide by 23″ long to wrap around the pillow. Then I simply pinned them right sides together and sewed both pieces of my towel to the drop cloth fabric.
Then I wrapped the whole thing around the pillow, pinned it wrong-side-out, and sewed a seam to close the back.
Next I closed the ends. I flipped it right side out and just sewed a seam along the hem of the towel. I wanted to keep the ends open-I think it gives it a bit of a “bow” affect.
After I sewed one end, I put the case back on and pinned the other end.
I sewed the second end with the pillow in and shoved it through my machine.
And you have a finished pillow. The total cost for this project was about $2.50 for the towel. The drop cloth and pillow insert I already had on hand. I absolutely love how it looks on the new seat:)
The towel pillow is absolutely adorable and the window seat and bookcases are simply awesome! Great job you two!!!
What a great addition to your fabulous kitchen window seat. Love that the inspiration fabric is a kitchen towel … and love the price tag!
Linda