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Ruffled pillow (from a bed-skirt)

Published: January 12, 2011 | Updated: November 16, 2019 | By Ashlee

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Here’s the third pillow I made for my SYTYC Thrift Store Challenge.  I, like everyone else, love ruffles, and knew I needed at least one ruffled pillow.

bed skirt pillow ruffled finished

So as I was looking at pillow at my local thrift store ran into the bedding rack!  And I found this perfect shade of green in a bed skirt!  Isn’t it lovely????

bed skirt pillow ruffles

I know it doesn’t look green in these pictures, (grrrrr I need a new camera, but at this point I’d be happy if this one was working again, I hate not having a camera!) so you’ll just have to trust me, but it’s this great shade of jade that matches my back-splash as well as the jade in my granite counter-top.

bed skirt pillow ruffles cutting

I decided to use the edges as they were already hemmed, and I cut 4 inch strips from the bottom to use for the ruffles.

bed skirt pillow ruffles cut out

I also used the pillow as a template and cut out the main body.  This is for sewing the ruffles onto.

bed skirt pillow ruffles front and back

using the same pre-hemmed edges I cut out t large pieces for overlapping and turning into an envelope closure for my pillowcase.

bed skirt pillow ruffling

using a washable pen (okay I’m lying, I couldn’t find my washable fabric pen, so this is just a normal pen.  Gah…  DON’T take that short cut, it shows when my ruffles move too much.).  Sew the ruffles onto the front of our new pillowcase.  I used my handy dandy ruffler.  One of my favorite purchases of this last year.  Love love LOVE it!  for this I set it to ruffle every 6th stitch and actually not very deep.  Just enough for a little ruffle action but not too much!

bed skirt pillow ruffled front

Here is the front finished…

bed skirt pillow ruffles putting it together

Now, right sides together, pin the 2 pieces on the envelop closure onto the front. and sew around the entire outside.

bed skirt pillow ruffled finished

And it’s finished!!!  A fun ruffled pillow!!!  No dealing with hems, LOVE it!

Don’t forget to check out the tutorials for the other pillows

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1. rosette sweater pillow

2. elastic gathered sweater pillow

3. ruffled pillow

4. satin pintucked pillow

5. denim herringbone pillow

6. drop cloth pleated triangle pillow

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  1. Amy {The Idea Room}

    January 12, 2011 at 11:19 am

    Ohhh! You have been a busy girl! I love them all, especially the ruffles. Need to get on this and make some for my dd’s room. Thanks for sharing.

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    • Ashlee

      January 13, 2011 at 12:37 am

      Thanks Amy!!! I have been busy, but am still way behind! I don’t know how you “big” amazing bloggers stay so busy and get so much done all the time!

  2. Brittany@lovestitched

    January 15, 2011 at 11:08 am

    I’m featuring this today 🙂

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    • Ashlee

      January 17, 2011 at 4:37 pm

      Brittany you are too sweet!!! Thank you so much for the feature! That totally makes my day!

  3. Shannon

    January 31, 2011 at 5:17 pm

    Love it!!! So nice! Stopping by from diy showoff.
    Shannon
    {aka}|design

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    • Ashlee

      February 5, 2011 at 8:54 pm

      Thanks! It’s one of my favorites. But I love ruffles (who doesn’t)!

  4. {northern cottage}

    January 31, 2011 at 5:57 pm

    yay – that turned out super cute…I was just toying with a bedskirt for repurposing too but not sure yet what i’m gonna do…you might have inspired a new pillow here…thanks!

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    • Ashlee

      February 5, 2011 at 8:54 pm

      I hope it works as well for you as it did for me!

  5. Claire Rose

    February 5, 2011 at 8:47 am

    Love the pillows-gotta try these ruffles!! Found you at a party and now I’m your newest follower-stop by for a visit!! Claire

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    • Ashlee

      February 5, 2011 at 9:05 pm

      Thanks for stopping by! I love ruffles and on a pillow it’s quick and fun too! Glad you liked it!

  6. Deanna

    February 5, 2011 at 12:05 pm

    Super cute pillow ideas! Thanks!

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    • Ashlee

      February 5, 2011 at 9:06 pm

      Thank you so much! It’s fun to have so many different pillows now!

  7. Brook

    February 5, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    Great pillows! I’ve been on a ruffling kick lately and have been using up all my old sheet scraps and ruffling them up!

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    • Ashlee

      February 5, 2011 at 9:07 pm

      I love ruffles too! I have a few other ruffle projects I’m hoping to get too soon! Old sheets are a great idea!

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