Saturday, October 2, 2010

Home EC Class: Project 15

Pillow Case with Piping

**You will notice that I've skipped a few more projects -- 12 & 13 were some type of clothing and as I said in my last post, I will not be attempting anything like that until after this baby arrives.  Project 14 was for a "plushie toy" and while that IS something I could do right now, I've not come across a pattern, etc. of something I'd like to make for Deacon yet.  Hopefully, I'll find something soon and be able to get that project done before he gets here.**

Lessons learned:
   adding piping to a pillow
 *adding straps to a pillow with piping


my straps...kinda proud of these :)

the rocking chair for which I made the pillow/cushion

see how well the fabric on the pillow matches the nursery decor?

I made this pillow case with piping with the idea of making it into a seat cushion for the rocking chair we have in the baby's room.  The beautiful chair is the one that my parents had in MY room when I was little.

*Since I didn't want the cushion to slide out every time we sat in the chair, I had to figure out how to add straps since that wasn't part of the tutorial.  I was pretty pleased with how they came out.  And how simple that idea was to incorporate.

I couldn't be happier with this project -- it was easier than I thought it would be considering we used piping, and the end result is just perfect!