I "SEW" Did It!

Let me preface this story by admitting that 1) I have never sewn. 2) Owned the sewing machine you are about to see for SIX years before I took it out of the box. 3) Three years later, I had my mother-in-law come from GA and thread the darn thing for me. 4) After staring at it for another year, I finally got up the courage to give it a whirl. And SUCKED at it!!!

Now that you know a little bit 'o history, I can begin my tale.

On my home the other day month, I stopped in Target to see if they had any of those 2-ply placemats with a snazzy little design on them....and they did.

These are part of the Calypso brand they have right now. The bestest part about them, besides from being Aqua, is that these sweet-thangs were only $2.99 ea! That's right. No typo. So, I got two.

I have seen, around BLOG Land, how these incredibly clever women, with sewing abilities, would take these type of placemats home, rip open one side, stuff it with pillow stuffing and sew it back up. CA-uuute! But since I was clueless as to how "drive" my sewing machine, I just kept looking at them with envy and lust. After months of obsessing over the idea, I thought I would at least try to make them myself BUT use my BFF, HEAT BOND, instead.

Once I got home and stared at them for a few weeks, I decided to throw caution to the wind and see if I could do it the RIGHT way...you know, with a real-live sewing machine. So, I searched the house for some pillows to steal the stuffing from:

Sliced the pillow open on the end it was originally stuffed (you can see a definite difference in the seam to know where that is):

Took the adorable placemat of my liking and sliced it open on one end (doesn't matter which one):

Removed the pillow guts and transplanted them into the, now open, placemat cavity:

Held my breath as I approached the dreaded sewing machine....and put the petal to the metal:

Ta-Daaaaaaaa:

Down-right GENIUS, I tell you.

I'll be heading out to Target at 9:00am sharp tomorrow morning to snatch up all I can find. Who wants pillows???? (j/k, ....i'm keeping the pillows for myself. I have a small pillow fetish.)