Pillows, pillows, pillows

Per the discussion with our reception venue coordinator, we get to have a complimentary cocktail lounge area for the extra unused space at our large reception hall (as long as we have minimum 30 tables -- shouldn't be a problem).  She said they have sofas for us for the cocktail lounge.

Sooo... with sofas, Mat and I thought it'd be nice if we jazz it up a bit with some pops of color with some pillows!  Sounds easy... I actually have LOADS of toss pillows I've collected from IKEA (from trying to decorate my NY and LA apartments in the past).  While they vary in color (I've got red, yellow, blue, green, and pink), it's pretty easy to just make pillow covers with any fabric of my choice to cater to whatever I need it to coordinate with.

First I made my rounds to the local OC fabric shops to look for fabric.  But the fabrics I was interested in were so expensive at $14/yard!  That's ridiculous.  This time, I think a trip to downtown LA fabric district was worth the extra commute.

My mom decided to come with me and we made a morning trip out of it.  I got three fabrics that I needed:

  Silver pintuck taffeta $4/yd
Purple taffeta $1.50/yd
Purple leafy taffeta $7/yd

Plus I got zippers for 25 cents each!

After one evening of sewing (my least favorite part is sewing around zippers... I still don't know what I'm doing with zippers but I usually just wing it and it works out), I made 4 new pillow covers!  And I still have lots of fabrics leftover actually to make more!

I do have 3 more fuschia colored pillows to use so that gives me about 7 pillows in total to use for the cocktail lounge area.  It might be enough, but if I run across any more cheap pillows I can cover, I'll make some more with my leftover fabric.  

Cost of project: $15

4 zippers: $1

Silver pintuck taffeta: $4

Purple taffeta (2 yards): $3

Leafy purple taffeta: $7

4 toss pillows: free (had on hand already)

Time spent: 1 day