Placemat Pillows are baaaack!

I mean, are there really any cheaper, more awesome pillows out there than placemat pillows??

Ok, so I'm sure there are some more crazy cheap ideas out there but, seriously, these are my faves :)

I've shared a couple tutorials for some seasonal placemat pillows here and here with you guys.

But I love these guys even MORE because I can keep them out all. year. long .

I scored on some cheap blue and white placemats at Target last spring and about hopped up and down in the aisle when I saw them.

(ok...so maybe I did. You know you do too!)

I found them when they were being clearanced so I snatched up three of those babies.

They only had one of my favorite print- the trellis design but I snagged two of the flower ones.

Because three is always the perfect number, right?

I filled them the same way I did my other two sets of pillows.

Just ripped open a seam on the side, stuffed the pillow stuffing in and then sewed it closed.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

And they may or may not have been scrubbed several times already when sticky hands get a hold of them.

And they've come up clean every time :)

Here they are hanging out in the living room I've been posting about all week.

If you missed it's transformation, check those posts out here and here.

The big one in the corner was an actual pillow that was clearanced so I snatched him up too :)

So do you love placemat pillows as much as I do?

Made any lately??

Do tell :)

Oh and have I told you yet that next week is going to be ANOTHER week of printables,

Valentine's Day style?

Oh yes. Get excited.

Cuz I know I am!

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Catch a Glimpse @ A Glimpse Inside

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Everything but the kitchen sink @ A Little Knick Knack

Latest and Greatest @ Days of Chalk and Chocolate

Catch as Catch Can @ My Repurposed Life

FFA Friday @ Sassy Sites

Share and WOW Wednesday @ A Turtle's Life For Me

Link up @ 504 Main

Simply Creations @ Simple home Life

Weekend Wrapup Party @ Tatertots and Jello

Sundae Scoop @ I Heart Naptime

Create and Inspire@ Little Inspiration

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Craftomaniac Monday @ Craftomaniac
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Tutorials and Tips @ Home Stories A to Z
Wednesday Wowzers @ Oopsey Daisy
Your Whims Wednesday @ My Girlish Whims
Whatever Goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts
Hookin up with HOH @ House of Hepworths
Under 100$ @ Beyond the Picket Fence
Catch a Glimpse @ A Glimpse Inside
Latest Greatest Friday @ Days of Chalk and Chocolate
Feature Yourself Friday @ Fingerprints on the Fridge

Turkey Pillow

Just barely in time for Thanksgiving...but it had to be shared.

Of course, you remember these guys that I made from placemats a few weeks ago..

so you won't be surprised to find out that I scored another amazing placemat find.

I found this gorgeous guy while shopping for a wedding gift at Bed Bath & Beyond.

Little man loves turkeys so I had to scoop him up.

I got him home...and opened him up!

He was super easy to get apart at the seams...then I just stuffed that turkey :)

Once he was as plump as I wanted, I sewed him back up and plopped him on the couch to admire such a pretty gobbler.

Isn't he beautiful?

And he keeps those fabulous leaves company...

Didn't I say he was just in time for Thanksgiving?

Don't you need a sweet gobbler around your house?

Linking to:

• Anti-Procrastination Tuesday @ New Nostalgia
• Under 100$ Linky Party @ Beyond the Picket Fence
• Whatever Goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts

Christmas Tree Scrap Pillow

Leftover duck fabric + scraps of fun fabric + Christmas-sy mood = Tree pillow!

I'm slowly starting to pump out some christmas projects, aren't ya proud?

I was incredibly productive this weekend considering it was my first 'no thinking of school' weekend I've had in FOREVER.

So I got down to business.

Little man is all about Christmas this year since he's three.. I'll show you some of his masterpieces from this past weekend soon.

He's been asking for a tree pillow for a little while so when I saw a pile of scraps leftover from a rag quilt I made wayyy back when... I saw tree!

I also had some fantastic pieces of off-white duck fabric (just why is it called duck fabric, really?)

I took my pile of scraps and started cutting them and laying them out on the duck fabric...

This was really the longest part...getting everything the way I wanted it :)

It ended up being bigger than I had first envisioned...but I liked it. A lot.

I rolled a piece of burlap and made a burlap flower that could pretend to be a star!

Want to know a secret?

Don't hate me, kay?

I'm not the world's greatest sewer...so this is hot-glued on.

But that's okay, right?

you still love me?

I usually hate my handwriting.

But with a calligraphy pen, I can handle it a little better :)

So I added 'be merry' at the base of the tree.

I promise I DID sew the pillow together... no hot glue there. :)

I love it!

It's a big, snuggly pillow and little man approves!

Plus it's the whole non-traditional blue and brown scheme that has me in love...

...can you tell by my couch and wall color that I'm way beyond smitten?

The front with the tree is made with the off-white duck fabric.

The back is a chocolate brown duck fabric.

I love the stuff!

Do you love these fabrics as much as I do?

I'm so ready for Christmas... maybe somewhat because it would mean this semester is over.

But I do have one more Thanksgiving craft up my sleeve... just wait!

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• Anti-Procrastination Tuesday @ New Nostalgia
• Letting These Creative Juices Flow @ These Creative Juices
• Get Your Craft On @ Today's Creative Blog
• Handmade Tuesdays @ Ladybug Blessings
• Whatever Goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts
• Under 100$ Party @ Beyond the Picket Fence
• Hookin up With HoH @ House of Hepworths
• Everything But the Kitchen Sink @ A Little Knick Knack
• Feature Yourself Friday @ Fingerprints on the Fridge
• Weekend Wrap Up Party @ Tatertots and Jello
• Fabric Creations @ Sassy Sites
• It's A Creative Christmas @ The Creative Crate