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Leather Fringe Pillows
by
Amanda C, Hometalk Team
(IC: paid contributor)
3 Materials
$20-60
4 Hours
Medium
Another knock off! I saw these great looking leather fringe pillows at CB2 for quite a pretty penny and considering my bedroom is (yes still) in remodel mode I thought why not make them? For a fraction of the cost I was able to make several decorative fringy leather pillows with leather left to spare! All you really need for this project is some leather and a pillow insert!
I spent half the cost of one of those pillows I saw and got not only 2 pillows out of it, but I have leather left for future projects! (or more pillows)
SUPPLIES:
STEP 1: Place your pillow insert on top of your leather and prepare to cut a good inch around the perimeter. You are basically finding a place in the leather without any holes or edges that get in the way of a nice square or rectangle.
STEP 2: If you want to do as I did and sew 2 pieces of leather together and IF you want one side to be suede and one standard you will want to place your pieces together "wrong side" of the leather facing "right side". If you are using a different type of fabric for the backing or want your entire pillow to be regular leather finish you will place them wrong sides together. You will sew two sides of your pillow case closed by machine. Sew the top and one side of the pillow closed. (One vertical side and one horizontal)
STEP 3: Once you have sewn 2 sides trim the corners off so they will be nice and neat when turned right side out.
STEP 4: Turn the pillow case right side out being sure to poke out the corner.
STEP 5: Clip the open sides of the pillow closed. Use an awl or a small punch of some sort (I used an eyelet tool) to punch holes through both top and bottom sides of the pillow case. Be sure to evenly space them and make them close to the pillow insert. You will want the case to fit tightly around the pillow. (I spaced mine about 3/4" from each other.)
STEP 6: Cut your leather lace into long same length strips. Cut as many as you need for how many holes you punched on the open sides of your case. Once you have all your fringe pieces cut you will need to feed them into the punched holes. First fold the strip in half so that both cut ends meet and there is a loop in the middle. Feed the cut ends through the hole in the back panel of the pillow case and through it's matching hole in the front panel. DO NOT PULL THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH! Be sure to leave the loop rather than pulling it through the holes.
There are so many colors of leather you could make these to match just about any space too!
These guys look great just about anywhere... Maybe I will have to make some more for every room of the house!
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Suggested materials:
- Leather (Ebay / Fabric Store)
- Pillow Insert (Wal-Mart)
- Leather Lace (Michael's / Or make your own!)
Published October 18th, 2016 2:59 AM
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AKP on Nov 08, 2016Girl, you scare me! Leather pillows??? I'm from the Midwest! Seriously though, your ideas and your creativity are always stretching my thought processes and I am so very glad that you share. Your posts always make me smile, and I never know what you are going to do next.
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Amanda C, Hometalk Team on Nov 08, 2016You are so sweet! This literally made me laugh out loud!
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AKP on Nov 10, 2016Your posts generally make me step outside of the box, not always. And I quit reading comments on your posts after the countertops for your in-laws because people can be so mean. So keep putting it out there! You are very creative. Are you a hair stylist??? They are always so creative.
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Amanda C, Hometalk Team on Nov 10, 2016Oh man if only I could do hair! I can dye it, but that's about it haha... I actually studied fashion design.
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Pat4799252 on Dec 01, 2016I think this is a fan idea ! I love the fringe it really does give the pillows character! Well! Thanks to you some Christmas gifts for my cool friends..God bless them! Thanks for the idea!
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