The other day while I was making our bed I thought, “gee, these pillow shams look a little tired…”
I knew I didn’t want to redo the whole bedroom, no time or budget for that, plus I love the celery, black and cream palette that is in there.
It coordinates perfectly with the master bath which has been recently updated, so I only really needed some new pillows or shams.
The bathroom is neutral natural stone with some black granite accents {uba tuba, which has some green flecks}. It opens to the bedroom with arched french doors, so I pretty much have to stick with black and off white.
I have a sitting area with cream colored chairs that are accented with black cushions stitched with lime.
I like to sit here in the mornings and apply lotion after my shower and pretend I’m a princess…just KIDDING, but sometimes HH and I sit here and have a chat…
I love these chairs and the tropical leaves on the pillows are a daily reminder of my favorite place, the coast.
Inspired by the current Ikat trend in fabric and all the bold prints currently popular I began my search for an Ikat type black & cream print. I could not find an Ikat pattern that I liked in the right colors but I did find several prints.
When I started to make the new pillow covers, I realized I had miscalculated the fabric and didn’t have nearly enough.
Math isn’t my strong suit.
But! I had a better idea! I could get a solid black fabric for the backs of the pillows. That would give them a more dramatic look and be a kind of frame highlighting the patterned fabric. So I went back out shopping and found a print that I liked even better!
Happy Accident!
I made simple fabric covers by stitching 3 sides of the fabric on my machine, turning it inside out, stuffing with the pillow and doing the fourth side with a hidden hand stitch.
Using the black on the pillow backs was economical too. The fabric I bought for the Euro pillows was $30 a yard, but I only needed 1 1/2 yards to do the front. The fabric was on sale, 50% off, so I got that for $22. The black fabric was $6, and I used 3 yards, but was able to do the smaller pillow backs with the scraps. In all I spent about $60 for all 5 pillows.
I think they look great!
HH even commented on how nice it looks…that NEVER happens!
I am going to use the other black & cream fabric to make some napkins or a table topper. Even if you can’t sew, there are some great tutorials out there for no sew pillows. Click here for a great tutorial for a no sew pillow
I hope I’ve inspired you to do some redecorating… Leave me a comment and tell me what you are up to!
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