Wow! Today is the first day of Spring. I love Spring, in fact it is my favorite time of year. It seems like Spring has arrived early this year. We have been very unseasonably warm. Today, it’s suppose to be 86! Crazy!
I saw on the news that it snowed yesterday in Arizona and San Diego.
I’ve always wanted to make one of those cute placemat pillows, but I’ve never found a cheap placemat that I actually liked.
I found this one on clearance at Kohls in February. It just called to me.
I like the embroidery, and the buttons are just an added bonus.
I had some really old fiberfil that I got from a friend when she cleaned out a bunch of stuff.
If you’ve never seen these before, you simply open up a small part of the seam, and stuff the placemat to make it fluffy. I stitched it back by hand.
Happy Spring to YOU! I hope you are enjoying some warm Spring weather soon.
gail
ADORABLE…I love this! Great job of repurposing!!
that is sooo cute!!!
OK, that’s my kind of sewing project! Cute pillow!
VERY CUTE pillow!
Yep… here in southern Arizona we welcomed spring with snow, hail, and freezing weather. LOL
I would have never thought of using a placemat designed like that to make a pillow!
Very clever, Gail…love it too!
Cute!
Sew simple even I could do it.
I may make some for my new bench I’m working on!
I really like your’s. Suits you!
~Pat
Love your pillow! It simply yells Spring Time. Just praying we have a true spring and not a jump from winter to summer!
What a Beautiful placemat pillow, Gail! Happy Spring to you!!
sandraallen260@centurytel.net
You found a great placemat for that pillow! So cute and springy!
Just darling!
Holly
very cute,, easiest way to make some pillows, if you’re lucky enough to find placemats that you like. Happy Spring to you!
That placemat made a great pillow. I’ll have to look at placemats differently from now on.
Love that pillow! I tried that recently for the first time, too. I had a set of blue placemats with chickens on them, and I sewed them back to back for a friend that collects chickens and has her kitchen painted blue…she loves them. Wish I’d taken a picture!
Very cute Gail! I’ve had the same problem as you… never finding a placemats I like at the right price to do this with. It’s on my list, though.
Gail your pillow is so Spring,lovely
x jeanetteann