No Sew Pillows {from placemats & fabric napkins}

A while back {last spring I believe, so it may or may not be available anymore} at Hobby Lobby I bought 2 of these Bon Appetit placemats. My intentions were to turn them into a pillow but after giving it a go on the sewing machine the fabric was just to thick or my lack of sewing skills probably played a hand in that too. 😉 I stored the placemats for awhile until I decided to give fabric glue a try and it has worked out great. Not only that but it is so much easier than breaking out the sewing machine. Actually sewing would be a lot faster and just as easy so let me rephrase that and say it is so much easier for us sewing challenged. haha!

Here is a quick tutorial on how I made mine.

Once you have your placemats glued together you will want to wait a good 24 hours before you start filling with your poly fill. You don’t want your pillow coming apart at the seams. After mine where dry I turned them inside out and filled them with poly fill. I stuffed them to my liking, folded the opening and used the fabric glue to finish it off. I used pins to hold the opening closed until the glue dried. You could also use a hand stitch on the closing if you wanted to go a different route.

This blue and white pillow was made from a fabric napkin I had laying around.

My hubby thinks I’m already pillow crazy but I’m pretty sure I’ll be keeping an eye out on interesting placemats. They always have cute holiday placemats available and would make for some cute holiday pillows, way cheaper than retail priced holiday pillows. Hmmm… maybe I should go check out the after Valentine’s day sales. **off to the store** 😉 Hope you all had a great Valentine’s Day and an even greater weekend.