Started work on some throw pillows for the saloon :>....

Started work on some throw pillows for the saloon :>.
First step is to make some inserts. I could have bought them pre-made, it would have been cheaper to do that, but I wanted to try making them myself.
I bought a twin bedsheet, zippers at a thrift store, and got some fill. I made two covers.
It is impressive how much fill I can fit into a single cushion.

Like 30 January at 21:05 | Open on merveilles.town

18 comments

Avi Bryant replied to R E K

@rek I have a big bag of natural latex fill, do you want it?

30 January at 21:11 | Open on cosocial.ca

R E K replied to Avi

@avi oh, yea maybe. Might be a while before I can get it from you tho.

30 January at 21:34 | Open on merveilles.town

rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua replied to R E K

@rek

If you want to try a very natural fill you can look for some luffa sponge.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luffa

30 January at 21:12 | Open on mastodon.cisti.org

R E K replied to rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

@GustavinoBevilacqua natural fill(apart from latex) isnt great on a boat, it'll rot.

30 January at 21:31 | Open on merveilles.town

Tendigits replied to R E K

@rek nicely done! And with the zipper you can add more filling later, or empty to wash them. Really great.

30 January at 21:42 | Open on merveilles.town

R E K replied to Tendigits

@tendigits Yep, that's the idea. Our former cushions were sown shut, both the cover and insert :/.
Lady at the store told me that i may want to add more filling later, once the fill I put in settles (esp if the goal is to have a rly plump cushion). A zipper makes that easy.

30 January at 21:50 | Open on merveilles.town

R E K replied to R E K

The finished throw pillow, with some dramatic lighting :cooldog:

31 January at 1:59 | Open on merveilles.town

cathos replied to R E K

@rek all the upholstery is looking so good!! Love the drama.

31 January at 2:03 | Open on merveilles.town

Devil Lu Linvega replied to R E K

@rek horace slughorn

31 January at 2:09 | Open on merveilles.town

rostiger replied to R E K

@rek Very dramatic! So much progress though! It looks like you're almost done, no?

31 January at 6:33 | Open on merveilles.town

R E K replied to rostiger

@rostiger kind of, still got 3 cushions left to cover (1 more throw pillow, 1 seat cushion for Devine's butt at the nav table, then the last vberth cushion that i want to turn into storage)

31 January at 15:51 | Open on merveilles.town

R E K replied to R E K

While battling out the rest of a cold, I decided to finish a few sewing projects.
Made a replacement shelf curtain, made a seat cushion for Devine's butt(in front of nav table) and made a cylindrical throw pillow just because it's fun, and I had left-over material. This concludes my sewing projects with this fabric ^^