Pillow Talk

I've been kinda busy.

Honestly, I don't know how some of you ladies do it! When we're not schooling, we're trying to clean up the house, run errands, go to piano lessons, soccer practice, gym class...

If I actually get a chance to sit down and blog, I find myself without words. {or energy} 

My project list is ridiculous. 

And growing.

My purpose for sharing this is not to complain, but to explain how excited I am about getting something done! Even something small. 

Like pillows.

We bought a couch, chair, and ottoman on Craig's List a few months ago. It was only a week old. The man bought it and wasn't happy with how the color looked in his house. {read bachelor pad} For a couple hundred dollars, we got brand new furniture for our living room.  I don't even mind the color. It's a light sea foam color. {and pretty comfortable}

Anyway, the pillows that came with it are a little too geometric and manly for me. 

I've been wanting to sew some pillow covers to soften the look.
Simple project, I know...but woo hoo! I finally got it done!

You can find some helpful information on covering pillows here.

I just kept mine very basic with an envelope style back so I can remove them for washing.  

See? My man-pillow is in there.

I also had an unused pillow form that I wanted to cover. I just used muslin for the main fabric. I cut 4 long strips of coordinating fabric (french script) 2" wide each, zigzagged the edges, and sewed down the center of each to ruffle them. Then, I attached the ruffles to the right and left side of the pillow front.

I printed out an "M" in a font I liked, cut it out, and traced it onto my pillow front. I just used my trusty black acrylic paint to fill it in. 

I kinda like it:) 

Our last name does start with "M"...but I think I'll call this the "Marie" pillow. 

Tootsie doesn't mind. 

And boys don't appreciate ruffles.

Linking to
Anti-Procrastination Tuesday
All Things Inspired