Pretty Seats

I asked what I could do for my in-laws for their anniversary last year, and the response was nothing.  But contrary to the response, I knew that their picnic benches needed some cushions, so I found some lovely fabric at Joann's. I wasn't too fond of the the piping, so I took this as a great opportunity to work on my piping skills.  I found a great tutorial on SewMamaSew (which is a site I almost always reference when learning new skills) I didn't get a chance to snap a picture of the lines I created to make a continuous piece of bias tape, so here are is what I started with:

Bias tape and piping

 Shipping the bias tape and piping through the machine.  Make sure when you are making your cuts that the fabric will completely cover your piping.  Note, I did not, thus I had to make another lovely trip to the store and get smaller piping. Oooppsie.

There are a few steps that were missed in between making the piping and putting the cushions together. But really the technique I struggled with is the piping, so I wanted to show how easy it really was with the help of the tutorial. It gives the cushion (and really any pillow) that unique embellishment making it pop with color.

I promise I will start doing a better job of documenting these projects in the future.  Below are the snaps of the finished product.  I made them reversible and added some ties.  Hopefully once the city of Detroit thaws out, we will get to use these puppies outside.