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Patterns for Home Décor

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Colorful pillows are easy to make and add style to your home.
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Many people are confident with making their own patterns for home décor items such as drapes, curtains, and bedspreads, but if you have never made your own pattern for anything before you may be a little daunted at the prospect. Fortunately, there are a wide variety of home décor patterns on the market. One is sure to fit your needs.

Simplicity has a wide selection of home décor patterns ranging from items for babies and children’s rooms on up to sophisticated designs for adult taste. Four patterns designed by Christopher Lowell are available. Lowell’s patterns feature outdoor décor, pillows, drapes, and occasional table covers.

Making Amy Butler Pillows, Part III

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Now my pillow is ready for its covered buttons. Amy Butler’s directions suggest using a doll maker’s needle, which is a very long needle; I did not have a doll needle, so I used a darning needle. Make sure you use heavy-duty thread, suitable for upholstering in this step; doubling regular thread can help, but it still tends to break when you pull it this tight.

Thread your long needle and tie the end to the button’s loop. Now you are ready to push the needle down through the front to the back; make a catch stitch and come back catching the loop of the button again. Continue to pull the thread tight, so that the pillow is indented. Push the needle back to the pillow’s back and catch the thread under your stitches, but don’t cut it. Bring the thread through the back button’s loop and tie it; now push your needle down through the pillow to the front and catch the front button. Go through to the back and catch the back button. Repeat a couple of times and secure your thread under the back button.

Pulling the needle out the back.
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Pulling the thread taut to indent the pillow and secure the front button.
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Securing the back button.
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Making Amy Butler Pillows, part II

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Always press your projects as you go.
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Poking out the corners, using the pointer tool.
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Inserting the pillow form.
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Slip stitching the opening together.
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Ready for the buttons.
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Making Amy Butler’s Hourglass Pillows, part I

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Amy Butler’s Hourglass Pillow<a is easy to make The instructions are detailed and simple to follow. Let me show you how I did it.


The first two front triangles, sewn together.


The front of the pillow, notice the square of folded interfacing, basted in the center; this is to reinforce your fabric at the spot the button will go. A square of interfacing is basted to the center of the pillow back also and the stitching marks the center of the back, which is helpful when you are actually attaching the buttons to the pillow.


Sewing the front and back together.

Trimming the corners, so that they will be pointed when you turn the pillow right side out.

Pillows in the Making

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I’ve had more time to sew lately and I wanted to share with you some photos of my projects in the beginning stages.

I am using lovely Amy Butler fabrics along with some Amy Butler patterns
that can be downloaded for free.

Here is the Hour Glass Pillow in the making; this pattern is one of Amy’s own designs.

This little pink kitten is taken from the “Birdie the Cat, AKA Cozy Kitten” pattern designed by Jacob Redinger, an associate of Amy’s. I am not so keen on the face in the pattern design, so I am going to embroidery one of my own.