AW: who wants to see my pillows?!

[amandasw]

I'm so proud of them And I love the color that it brings to our otherwise brown/cream furniture/carpet situation. And now I'm an expert at invisible zippers!

Here is the chair we just bought (awesome deal and I love the shape because it has the feel of an armchair but is better for the space w/o arms):


And the pillows I just made (recovered 4 large ones and one small one we already had and then I bought one more long small insert at the fabric store):





I love the dark blue fabric, sort of a peacock color - it's almost like a burlap weave, but it's soft silk (not shiny) with a range of blues in it. It was also $$, but oh well

ETA: only 3 of them will go on the couch, one on the chair and one on our faux leather bench

[jennlin]

very impressive!

[fiddles]

Wow those look good!

[mkate710]

oh my goodness, these are gorgeous! I really love the chair you chose too. I'm making a mental note because these colors would work well in my living room love your decor taste!

[Deleted]

Cute chair! Where did you find it? Yay for the pillows!! That blue is really pretty.
Did you put a zipper in them? If you did, then you can swap out covers as you like and not have to buy new forms. If you didn't, next time

[madDawg228]

I really like the patterns and the color! WTG!

[amandasw]

thanks guys I also realized how much a miss sewing, and it's fun because then I spend time with my mom.

[georgeharrison]

YOU DID AWESOME. And the chair choice is fabulous!! Invite me over so I can lounge on your chair with your pillows.

[amandasw]

Nov 27, 2012 12:55:32 GMT -5 @ksta said:

Cute chair! Where did you find it? Yay for the pillows!! That blue is really pretty.
Did you put a zipper in them? If you did, then you can swap out covers as you like and not have to buy new forms. If you didn't, next time

yup, invisible zippers! I'm getting good at them I got the chair at this little shop in Greenwood (http://www.furnishments.com/)

[amandasw]

also, apologies for the crappy cell phone pics, the colors are better IRL (and the greens match), eek I'm so excited

[amandasw]

Nov 27, 2012 12:54:05 GMT -5 mkate710 said:

oh my goodness, these are gorgeous! I really love the chair you chose too. I'm making a mental note because these colors would work well in my living room love your decor taste!

thanks it took me a while to settle on something and now I love it. The apt finally feels like it's coming together (although now we have to move everything around for Christmas!)

[llh0211]

They look great! And I love the chair you chose!

[Deleted]

Love it!

[hallows]

You did a great job! They're gorgeous! Wanna make some for me??

[amandasw]

Nov 27, 2012 13:37:48 GMT -5 hallows said:

You did a great job! They're gorgeous! Wanna make some for me??

haha I can teach you Sometimes I think it would be fun to be a SAHM and have a little Etsy shop in the future, I do miss this kind of thing but being a student it's hard to really get away and have time for it.

[tacocat]

Awesome! Want to make me some?

[hallows]

Let's have a gtg where you show us how it's done.

[karebear219]

LOVE!!!

[amandasw]

Nov 27, 2012 14:02:07 GMT -5 hallows said:

Let's have a gtg where you show us how it's done.

this sounds like fun!

[amandasw]

Nov 27, 2012 13:49:49 GMT -5 tacocat said:

Awesome! Want to make me some?

sewing gtg! or you can wait until I'm KU in 5 years haha

[Deleted]

Invisible zipper? Color me SUPER impressed! I thought I saw you mention something like that somewhere. I have a sewing present for gifts and it involves a zipper (not hidden) and it makes me nervous. I'm not sure I've EVER sewn in zippers, or it's been a very, very, very long time.

[amandasw]

Nov 27, 2012 15:06:43 GMT -5 @ksta said:

Invisible zipper? Color me SUPER impressed! I thought I saw you mention something like that somewhere. I have a sewing present for gifts and it involves a zipper (not hidden) and it makes me nervous. I'm not sure I've EVER sewn in zippers, or it's been a very, very, very long time.

It wasn't too bad honestly! My mom promised they were hard to screw up, lol. I think it would be hard to teach myself (although I'm sure there are youtube videos out there) so it was good to have someone show me in person. Also what's stupid is that my mom has some instructions saved from a while ago because the new ones don't come with them! Kind of stupid. Anyhow, it's really not that bad and doing it 6 times back to back was good practice You just need to know a few tricks. I can try to explain some of it if you like!

[darby]

Wow! Those looke awesome! Great job!

[niq]

Those are really good. I like the Paris one and the not-quite-navy one the best.

[amandasw]

Nov 27, 2012 16:34:06 GMT -5 niq said:

Those are really good. I like the Paris one and the not-quite-navy one the best.

thanks, I think those are my favorite too