sewing projects...

over the past few weeks I have been working on decorating and making our home more functional.... here are some of the things I have been working on... In our spare bedroom:

This is the original pillow sham that went with the bed set we got for the room, I didn't like them... SOOO...

This is the final product, I took apart the previously photographed pillow shames and made two square pillows and one long narrow pillow... I am also going to be making a table runner with the leftover scraps of fabric from the pillow and curtain fabric, I am also incorporate some fabric similar to what I will use for the sheets.

I will also be making curtains for this room out of some dark blue sheets we have... not started on them yet though!

I have also been working on pillows for the living room, we hung a quilt that Jeremy's mom made for him for his high school graduation and Jeremy's mom happened to have some scraps left over from the quilt that she has let me play with... Here is what I have come up with so far:

Pillow# 1

This one was my first and probably my favorite, I used the quilt as my inspiration and followed Julie's lead and this is what I came up with... I used the scraps of fabric Julie gave me and some scrap fabric left over from the curtains my mother and I made for the room. I will be adding strips of black around the edges for the front and the back of the pillow is probably going to be black too..

Pillow#2

I am not thrilled with this pillow, however I am trying to make them all different, so I wanted something new.... I may end up ripping this one apart again, but IF I do not, I will add black strips around the edge as well and the back will probably be the green fabric

Pillow #3

This one is the smallest so far, I tried my best to imitate the quilt... I think for the first time ever doing it I did alright. I will be using a black back for the pillow

Pillow #4

This is what I have started for pillow #4 and it will probably end up looking much like pillow #3

My goal is to make 6 pillows total! so I have 2 more to come up with! :-D so when there is more progress I will post it!! let me know what you think!! Or if you have any ideas for more pillows, I am all ears... keep in mind, the scraps are quite small...