I know I'm a day late in posting my "Sew Something Saturday" project, but I'm hoping I'll make up for it by giving you this great tutorial on how to make slipcovers for your pillows.
I was at
Hobby Lobby and picked up these Halloween
Bandanas for .60 cents a piece! I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them, and for once, the idea in my head actually turned out just like I wanted it to! This is a SUPER easy way to make a cover with a zipper, and is great for switching to other covers for different seasons, or for washing.
Here are the Halloween Pillow covers I made. I LOVE the spider web print.
You will need:
Two
Bandanas for each pillow you want to make
Zippers to match about 1-2 inches longer than the pillow you are making
Black Thread and Bobbin
Scissors
Sewing Machine
Cut the
bandanas to the size needed to cover your pillow with seam allowance.
My pillows were 16" x 16", so I cut my
bandanas into 16 1/2" x 16 1/2" squares, so I can use a 1/4 inch seam on each edge.
A tip that I used was when cutting my
bandana I left the top edge the way it was. It is already
finished, so I used that edge to sew to the zipper so I wouldn't have to worry about fraying.
Next, pin the right side of the zipper to the right side of the fabric at the top, so it looks like the photo above. ( I use my zipper a little longer than the fabric so it is easier to work with, I just trim off the excess later at it's sewn into the seam, as shown below)
Sew zipper to
bandana, and then unfold to look like this. Now just repeat for the other side (pin right side of other side of zipper to the right side of the second
bandana and sew together).
When unfolded it will look like this. With the zipper between the two
bandanas and should be able to zip and unzip.
Now pin the sides of the two fabrics together with right sides together. And pin the sides together. Then you just need to sew both sides. Have the zipper unzipped about 2 inches so you don't accidentally sew it shut. Make sure to
backstitch a few times over the top where the zipper is.
This is what it will look like with the zipper on top and both sides stitched together.
Now open the bottom of the cover, and reach in and unzip the zipper all the way across the top.
This is what the top will look like unzipped.
Now pin the bottom two layers together and sew it up.
Trim up the excess zipper and thread.
Turn your cover right side out and your almost finished.
And stuff the pillow into your cover and zip it up.
Ta
Da!!! Easy
Peasy!!!
Here are some of the meals I have planned for this week. A couple new recipes in the mix again.
I painted it with black chalkboard paint so the kids can write there names or what play they are doing on it. LOVE chalkboard paint, it is so fun. I also sewed some cute black curtains with colored polka dots for it.
They look much more colorful and cuter on the puppet stage. :)
Over at A Mommy's Adventures they do a weekly project link that I've been so excited to join. A Story + Art = A Great stART. You combine a story you read with a fun art project.
After we read the book, we headed outside to gather up a bag of leaves, which as you can see are not hard to find in our yard.
Then I traced a picture of a tree onto white paper and Molly got busy coloring it brown.
And then we simply glued our leaves to the top of the tree. This went really well, we have been working on gluing. She always wants to glue something on, and then take it back off. But we managed to keep the leaves on the tree today. :)
And Ta Da! Here is the tree Molly made.
To celebrate we decided to play in a pile of leaves just like Clifford. 
This is her first Halloween 2007, only 1 month old!
1st Halloween, Molly was a penguin and cousin Maisy is a pea pod.
Halloween 2008, Molly just turned 1.
Here is our dinner menu for the week. I'm getting brave again, and trying out some new recipes. Wish me luck. :)
Back Row: Grape Eyes, Candy Corn Cheese Quesadilla, SF Green Jello Frankenstein
