KitchenAid Cover - Another Amy Butler Cameo Project

This might be the last project (for now) of my own little Amy Butler Cameo series, because all these beautiful pieces will leave my house as soon as they are done. 

This cover for a KitchenAid Stand Mixer will move to Oregon together with my friend who got the cushion covers and the floor pillow. I am sad that my friend is moving, but I am happy to give her something that will remind her of me in her daily live. 

I´ve made one of those covers for myself long ago, but this time I added a little pocket (I´ve seen that the store bought covers have those too) to store e.g. your flat beater in it. Not sure how useful...

Christine, you and your family will be missed!

Floor Pillow - One More Amy Butler Cameo Project

Since I saw one of those on Pinterest, I wanted to try it out. And it turns out it really is as simple as it looks! You only need one yard of fabric, 2 packages of pre made piping, a zipper and of course the filling (lots of filling!).

The filling turned out to be the hardest part, as I had no idea what the differences were. So I started with a fiberfill which was recommended to me by my local fabric store. But the pillow turned out to look wonky with bulges. After a little research I came across shredded foam with was 1. cheaper and 2. looked much better inside the pillow. The only disadvantage is the mess while filling it inside the pillow :).

Dimensions of my pillow are: 

18 inches diameter

10 inches height

and it has a little zipper underneath the handle

 

And because this pillow will not stay at our house (it goes together with the other cushion covers I´ve made), I will definitely make at least one for myself - as soon as I have decided on a fabric / color theme for our "new" living room.

Cushion Make Over with Amy Butler Cameo

I had a really nice weeks with this project! 

I offered a friend to help her redo her cushions and we had a lot of fun thinking about colors, color combinations and different themes in different rooms. I was very glad that she decided to pick such beautiful fabrics! They are all from the Amy Butler Cameo collection and even if they are meant to be for different rooms, I think they all go great together (one room will have a blue/white theme, the other one will be green/pink).

I have worked on a total of 12 cushion covers in different sizes and two different fabrics each. And here is how I broke the work down into small pieces to have a little accomplishment each day: 

Day 1: Cut all 24 fabric pieces
Day 2: Sew the first seam with room for zipper (all 12)
Day 3: Insert zipper 1-3
Day 4: Insert zipper 4-6
Day 5: Insert zipper 7-9
Day 6: Insert zipper 10-12
Day 7: Serge all 3 remaining seams (1-6)
Day 8: Serge all 3 remaining seams (7-12)

Done! And that way, I even had time to finish 4 other projects during the same week!

I am just sad that those cushions will not stay at my house. I should really work on a living room make over for myself... wait for more...