I Wanted Tassels

I never EVER thought I'd put tassels on anything.... well other than.... you know.  Ew sorry mom.

I bit the bullet and started on recovering the chair pillow.  I will say- I am NOT a sewer.  Like at all.  I can do a basic, semi-straight line.  That's about it.  I would love to be able to do a lot more but I just don't have the time or the patience for sewing.  The fact that I was able to sew the original cover and do piping with it and have it come out shockingly good?  I chalk that up to beginners sewing luck.

Here is what the pillow looked like....

It was beautiful out yesterday so I took the pillow outside to the patio to remove the cover and buttons.  Then today I pulled out the sewing machine and got to work.  Again- NOT a sewer.  You could probably give me 1,000 tips on how to have sewn this easier than I did.  But it actually came out cute and that's really what matters right?

Started by removing the tassels from the remaining piece of the shower curtain.

I decided to sew one piece onto the fabric first and then start the pillow cover.  Probably would have rethought this after I saw how it came out but oh well.

 Once I had the top done, I sewed the two sides and checked to see the fit.

 Not too bad.  I just tucked the bottom under to get an idea of what it was going to look like.  Kinda cute, right?  I was chuckling the entire time making this.  Tassels. Fucking tassels.

OK so now that it fit good, I turned it back inside out and sewed a few inches on the bottom on each side- leaving the middle open to stuff the pillow into.  Seen below on the top of the cover.

I think I violated this pillow stuffing it in.  But finally got it.  Next step was to hand stitch the remaining length that was still open. I did a quick couple of passes back and forth, knowing I was going to have another pass at it when I added the remaining string of tassels.

I mean, adorable right?  Just had to put her on the chair to see what she looked like and man, I love it!

I decided against adding the buttons back on.   Was a little TOO much.  Plus I want the tassels to have the spotlight.  And I've said the word tassels far too many times in this post.  TASSELS!

I finished recovering the bed yesterday as well.  But I'll wait to do a post on that once I can get it put together.  But the bedroom is coming along great with the new color scheme!