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Ten Minute Pillow Cases

January 10, 2012 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 9 Comments

Remember those lovely green pillows you saw in my living room post yesterday?

Here’s a tutorial of how you can make a half yard of fabric into a pillow case in about ten minutes. These literally take ten minutes.

All you need is a half yard of fabric and a pillow form that is 16×16. You can make a pillowcase with this tutorial for a larger pillow by using more fabric or a smaller pillow with less fabric, just trimming it where needed.

First hem each end (the long end) by folding it over once and then again and ironing down. Then sew it down.

Then wrap the fabric around the pillow, overlapping the ends, with the right side of the fabric facing the pillow. Pin it in the spots where the hems are. Then slide the pillow out and smooth it out, readjusting the pins if you need to.

Then sew up the sides. You are done! I don’t even bother trimming the corners. Flip the thing right side out and you have a pretty new pillow case!

**PSST! If you don’t know how to sew, you can totally do this with hot glue! Just glue where you would sew. Keep the lines super straight and who’s gonna know??

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Once There Was a Snowman Pillow with Accuquilt Go! Baby Cutter

November 10, 2011 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 20 Comments

I am the proud new owner of an Accuquilt Go! Baby Fabric Cutter. Aren’t you jealous? I have wanted one of these since I first saw it on a blog ages ago. I mean really, what better tool could someone like me, who does quilting and applique all the time, need?

What’s the first thing I made with it? A cute and festive applique pillow!

Front

Back

I love how this pillow turned out. In my church’s children’s songbook, there is a song called “Once There Was a Snowman.” Here are the lyrics…

Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman

Once there was a snowman

Tall, tall, tall!

In the sun he melted, melted, melted

In the sun he melted

Small, small, small

And as the kids sing it, they ‘grow’ tall and then slowly melt to the floor. It is currently my 18 month old’s favorite song and he giggles like crazy when we sing it and do the actions. So I thought it would be fun to make it into a pillow!

Here’s how I did it. This is a tutorial. To see the rest, follow me after the jump! And by the way, this is a great tutorial. :)

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Peek Around My Halloween Living Room

October 12, 2011 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 20 Comments

I need today to go smoothly, please. After another horrific food-stealing incident on Monday morning (chocolate chips and raw-bacon) and both the TV and the A/C breaking yesterday, I’d like a drama-free day today.

At least my Halloween decor is all done! Here’s a peek at my living room…

Ta da! I am loving the bold graphic design. I don’t think I could handle the intensity of black and white zigzag most of the time, but something about this and the contrast of the orange stripes in the frames just is so appealing to the eye. I love, love, love it.

From my Facebook discussion, I know that a lot of you are sick to death of zigzags and chevron. Once a trend takes over the crafting world and you see it done in every possible way, what else is to be expected? To tell you the truth, I’m getting sick of it myself.

But as I pictured the decor I wanted for my house, the bold graphic design and black and white zigzags just screamed out to me “Make me a quilt!! You already have all the stuff!”

And it’s true, I did have all the stuff! Now that I’ve finally organized my massive fabric stash, I discovered TONS of black and white fabric that I already had. I even pieced some batting scraps together. The only thing I bought for this quilt was 2 yards for backing.

Annnnnddd…I’m done making zig zag quilts for now.

Ahh, I just love the holidays.

What about you? Yay or nay on the chevron?

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Ghastly Witch Pillows

October 11, 2011 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 3 Comments

Remember the Ghastlies fabric? I knew I wanted to make some fun pillows with it.

But I think these kind of flopped a bit. Well, at least the oval framed one did. You can’t really tell from the picture, but the whole ‘frame’ is off-center and it’s bugging me a lot. But not enough to fix it.

Also, I thought it would be cool to put some stuffing behind the black ‘frames’ and make them look a little more 3-D. And…you can’t tell in the pictures AT ALL. You can definitely tell in person, but I wouldn’t do it again. Looks a little lame.

Finally, I decided to put a zipper in these rather than an envelope closure. First time doing this with a pillow case like this, and it was a little challenging. I was going to do a zipper-pillow tutorial as well but seriously, the pictures I was taking were just NOT working. But the tutorial I followed is here and it was a great tutorial with good pictures. However, my pillow has piping and so I had to do some tweaking. Maybe some day I will do a tutorial for this (but not when the pillow is with dark materials.)

I can’t wait to show you my finished living room tomorrow! It’s very Halloween-y, but with a modern edge. I love it.

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$40 Giveaway from Love of Family & Home!!

April 27, 2011 By Heidi @ Honeybear Lane 81 Comments

*********GIVEAWAY CLOSED!!*******

Did you win the Ruffled Begonia Giveaway?

Winners announced HERE!!!

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I love discovering new shops. And it’s even more fun for me to share them with you so you can
Meet Kathy and Tonya from Love of Family and Home.

They have a blog also called Love of Family and Home where they share their crafts, DIY projects, and beautiful home decor. You MUST check it out: she has a beautiful home and creates some amazing projects!

But more about their new shop…this is what they have to say:

“I have always loved decorating and doing crafts. I have been sewing, painting, cutting out wood, stenciling (you name it) for all of my adult life and even part of my childhood! I made and sold purses when I was in junior high and macrame tables in high school (I’m telling my age). I’ve sold crafts at work, at craft shows and in various craft shops in our area. I recently retired and 6 months ago started a blog with my oldest daughter called Love of Family & Home.

We started the blog to document all of our many projects and decorating adventures! A few months after starting the blog, I began making pillows and decided to try my hand at Etsy. I have enjoyed it so much! Etsy has been a great place to sell! It is inexpensive and your items are seen by people worldwide!”

Ready to see what they make and sell?