I wish I could tell you I was a master sewer and that I had made clothes, and curtains, and created button holes, and knew how to follow a pattern... but the truth is, I cannot sew to save my life. I can sew a button back on pants, or a shirt, hemming... I have tried it, after all, I am a short gal, but am I good or even decent at it? Nope, and nope. So today's post is about making a pillow out of curtains, but I can assure you there are no sewing skills necessary.
Do you recall the custom curtains in every room when we purchased this home? I have been wanting to do something with the curtains, but I was not sure what project to pick. I hate seeing something go to waste so I decided on pillows.
I started ripping out the seam along one side of the curtain from the lined side. I can use a seam ripper like a champ...
I continued to rip the seams on both sides of the curtain panel until I got to the top where the French pleat was connected.
Here I have ripped the curtain out up to the pleats. I thought I may be able to rip out the seams on the pleats too, but then I decided I would just cut at the pleat across.
I cut the top of the curtain off (the pleat) and laid out my material.
There was a smaller panel of material on the end and I ripped out this seam as well so I was working with a smaller panel of material. Trust me, I am making it up as I go at this point. Trial and error is how we learn what works and what does not.
I folded the material in half, then cut at the half on the fold.
I folded the material in half again and cut on the fold once again.
I cut down two sides so they matched up. (I was a little off.)
I put the nicer side of the material facing each other. Then I started gluing down the material and pressing the material together.
Then I started gluing down the next side and then the third side.
You can kind of see here when I was gluing down the third side where it had created a "pocket."
I then began to turn the material inside out.
As you can see it created a rounded corner where the material was glued together.
Here is the pillow laid out.
I have plans for this pillow so I will only show you to this point. You do not need mad sewing skills to put together a pillow. If you have them, then maybe you can provide sewing classes to me. I will prove to be your most challenging student yet... not on purpose mind you, I am just lost. I definitely did not get the sewing gene that runs through my family. Most of them can sew, make clothing, curtains... the list goes on. When I figure out what my super power is, I will let you know.
So, what we learned today is that I have zero sewing skills, and you do not need to know how to sew in order to make a pillow. I am convinced you can pretty much hot glue your way through anything provided you have enough glue on hand. I work with what I have and use the skills I have in life to figure out what I want to do. I do not let much hold me back.
So.. no sewing skills, no problem, you can glue it! 😉
