HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!
AND FALL MEANS DECORATING FOR THE SEASONS
It's no secret, I love to decorate for every season, holiday and/or event and I wanted to share my latest homemade "make" with you. My latest sewing adventure was to make some new cushion covers for our benches out in the front yard. I had a vision in my head of candy corn and "sew" I went to work to create my vision. And this is what I came up with: an assortment of Halloween Candy Corn Cushion covers and pillows.
But on top of loving to decorate, I also love to save money. So I went to Joann Fabric and Craft Store during the Labor Day Sale and bought some orange and white striped fabric and some yellow fabric. I simply had to piece the fabrics together to make my little candy corn pillow. I sewed the fabric with the right sides together (which just means the sides you want showing have to be laid face-to-face).
Then to make this square into a pillow, I cut it into a triangle and sewed it up the sides. I stuffed the triangle with fluffy batting material and then hand-stitched the edge of one corner.
After I had the pillow put together, I went to work on the cushion covers. I needed to fit the material right to the foam cushions because I didn't have a pattern. It was easy to do. All I did was simply drape the fabric over the cushion to get the proper measurements for cutting the fabric. I left an extra inch around the edges (as my seam allowance). You really only need a quarter inch for a seam allowance, but I always prefer to have a little extra (just in case). I used my pressure foot on my sewing machine as the guide to keep the lines straight as I sewed. And it was really easy.
Anyway, my decorating has only just begun ;D But I wanted to wish you all a Happy Fall!
And if you are making any homemade decorations for the upcoming holidays, please let me know about them so I can visit your blog and/or website. I love to get inspiration from other crafty people.
6 comments:
I love your Fall decorations, Kim. So creative and fun! They're making me so excited for my favorite season. YES!!! :-)
That looks wonderful. Very festive!
Thanks Des. I love to decorate.
It’s only just begun David ;) Thanks.
The candy corn pillows are pretty flippin' cool.
Hubby made me Halloween blank books with candy corn pages inside, to write on.
I love this season! Cheers and boogie boogie.
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