Rose Ruffle Throw Pillow Cover

 I have a few pillows on my couch that needed some help.  So I picked up some fabric at a yard sale, a zipper at Hobby Lobby and decided to make a throw pillow cover.  The pillow I used inside the cover was a yellow pillow that I bought at Kohl's on clearance for $1.50. I'm loving the new look!

 Here is the fabric that I bought.  It cost me 25 cents!  Such a smokin' deal!

My fabric is 60 inches long.  I cut 2 strips 3 inches wide and sewed them together, so I had one really long strip of fabric.  

I sewed both edges.  One edge I folded over and I did a hem stitch on the other edge.

On the side I used the hem stitch, I used my gathering foot and made a beautiful ruffle.  I love my gathering foot!  It makes ruffles so easy! Here is a link to a generic gathering foot, similar to the one I have.

Distinctive Shirring Gathering Sewing Machine Presser Foot - Fits All Low Shank Singer, Brother, Babylock, Viking (Husky Series), Euro-Pro, Janome, Kenmore, White, Juki, Bernina (Bernette Series), New Home, Necchi, Elna and More!

 

The pillow I used is about 16 inches by 16 inches.  I cut out 2 pieces of fabric 17 inches squared.  Then I sewed the ruffle onto one of the square pieces of fabric in a circular fashion.

I wanted to have piping go around the edges of the pillow.  I went to the store and looked at various ways to do this, but I didn't want to spend any extra money. This is suppose to be a really cheep project!  So I figured that I could find something at home instead.  

This is what I came up with.  I found some rope that my husband had and I cut some fabric 2 inches wide.  I sewed the fabric over the rope and was done!  Easy enough!  And didn't cost me any extra money.

I sewed the piping onto the side that I sewed the ruffle, right sides together.

I cut the edges on each corner so they would fold better.

I wanted to be able to take this cover off easily, but I didn't want everyone to be able to see the zipper.  So I used an invisible zipper.  I love these zippers because once they are zipped up, it looks like a hem and not a zipper.  The best way to install one is to follow the instructions in the packaging.  Then sew the front to the back and you are done!

 

I didn't really like how far the rose fabric stuck out on the pillow.  It still looked good, but I wanted to have it look a little different.  So I took the pillow out and started with the inside of the rose and stitched the edge of the flower down to the pillow.  I did this every 2 or 3 inches all the way around the rose, leaving the last layer alone.

I loved the way it turned out!  The pillow looks so much better than it did before and only cost me a few dollars!

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