Hi! My name is Kelli, and most days you can find me blogging over at Random Thoughts of a SUPERMOM!
I love to be crafty, bake yummy stuff, and take pictures of my three wild and crazy boys. And then I love to share about all of those things on my blog.
While shopping at Target for a few accessories for my living room, I came across these SUPER cute placemats. I noticed that the placemats were fully lined, meaning they were two pieces of material sewn together with a nice finished edge. The first thing that came to mind was that they would make great {and cheap} pillows!I bought two placemats. They were on sale for $3.75 each!
I also picked up a 16 oz bag of Cluster Stuff {the white fluffy stuff used to fill pillows} for $4.50.
To get started, I checked around all four edges of the placemat and found the seam they used to turn the placemat. If you look carefully you should see that there is about a 2-3 inch place where the stitching is a little different.
Then I used my seam ripper to pull the thread and make a hole in the side of the placemat. Make sure that the hole is big enough to stick your hand in to make it easier to stuff.
Then I filled up my placemat turned pillow with the Cluster Stuff. One 16 oz. bag was just enough to stuff both of my placemats.
Then I used my sewing machine to stitch up the side of the new pillow. You could also easily do this with just a needle and thread.
I think they looks great on my new couch.
And they were a great deal too! I got two pillows for only $12.oo!
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XOXO
Diana
www.thegirlcreative.com
emma says
what a great idea! thanks for sharing!
Nesty Girl says
Neat! I’ll be on the lookout for similar placemats; no Target here in BC but I’m sure I can find some that would work!
Tiffany says
Love those place mats that you chose! Beautiful. The yellow is great! I am going to have to try this!
Lisa says
Cute pillows! What a great idea!
Adventures of a CrAzY LaDy! says
These look GREAT! I love the placemats and I think they make fabulous pillows!!!
Goings on at the Glenn's says
very cute! And so easy too!
Tammy@ Not Just Paper and Glue says
These are really cute and I definitely think I could do this. I can’t sew but this looks too good! Thanks for this great idea 🙂
Crafty Batches says
Wow – SO creative, I love them! ~Sam
Pati @ A Crafty Escape says
Those look AWESOME!
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Kit says
Ingenious! Thanks for sharing.
Jessica says
What a fantastic idea!! Thanks so much!
Jess says
I’m… 😮
What a great idea! SO going to have to try this!
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Absolutely Positive says
That is just genius!! Pillows aren’t cheap! And these are just too cool! Thank you for sharing. I am your newest follower…love your site!!
Chris 🙂
http://absolutely–positive.blogspot.com/
aicha says
You are so creative! Thanks for the great inspiration!
Marjorie says
Love this idea! Very creative.
Amber Dawn says
I’m a new follower and your blog is too cute! I’m about the furthest from crafty but we are moving to a new placeso I’m going to try and experiement with all these ideas I’m finding. :)I have the perfect placemats to use for this too! 🙂
partialemptynester says
Too cute!!! What a clever idea 😉
trooppetrie says
this really makes me want to start looking at all my placemats. what a smart idea
Olivia says
Great idea!! I love it!
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→Daniele← says
awesome idea =)
Sarah @ Hippie Mommie says
new follower from ff! and loving your blog! 🙂
Amy says
Love it! What a great and easy idea! And considering what Pottery Barn et al charges for a throw pillow, it’s a great way to save!
Jean says
you may have just started the next new craze