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Sewing, Home Dec

Marie Novicki
Oct 13 2012

Over the years, I’ve made an assortment of items for the home. Sorry, no pictures. I didn’t get into photographing my creations until much later. Some of the things I’ve made include

  • Energy-efficient roman shade for the 6-foot sliding glass door in our bedroom
  • Drapes and curtains for the 10-foot sliding glass door in our kitchen
  • Decorative pillows for the living room
  • Pillow cases and shams
  • Commissioned bedspread for a friend’s guest room

For My Studio

October 2012

A co-worker gave me a few yards of coordinating upholstery fabric that I used to create items for my new studio.

I made bench cushions for my new storage benches:

Storage bench 1

Throw pillows:

New pillows

A cover for my rolling chair

New sewing chair cover

And a dust cover for my sewing machine (no photo).

Using some cute yoga cat fabric, I made cushions for the cats to use in the studio

Cat nap

2021

Ironing Pad for Work Table

New ironing pad

Started 4/30/2021
Finished 5/3/2021
Ironing pad for work table 63”x31.5”
No pattern, just winged it.

For The Main House

Appliance Covers

Appliance covers

Started 5/29/2016
Finished 5/30/2016
Used a previous cover as a pattern. Machine quilted before assembly.

I didn’t have enough matching fabric for both covers so I used two fabrics from the same line in the same colorway.

Gold Lumbar Pillow

Gold lumbar pillow

Started and finished 4/11/2023
No pattern; used standard zipper

Square Sofa Pillows

Sofa pillows (square)

Started 4/3/2023
Finished 4/7/2023
No pattern; first time using invisible zippers (ugh)

Bench Cushion

Bench Cushion

Started and finished 4/21/2023
No pattern

Cream and Orange Pillow

Cream and orange pillow

Started 4/29/2023
Finished 4/30/2023
Based on a pillow cover seen at West Elm
Cream canvas fabric from stash
Orange velvet upholstery fabric

Pillow Embellishment

Pillow embellishment

Started and finished 5/1/2023
Yarn: I Like Big Yarn in Coconut Milk by Lion Brand Yarn
Size 19 Needles

I thought that the yellow pillow was too plain so I added a band. I like it much better.

Square Gold Sofa Pillow

Gold Square Couch Pillow

Started 1/30/2025
Finished 2/1/2025
No pattern; used standard zipper
18×18 square pillow form

I still wasn’t happy with the original gold pillow, so I made a new one. I moved the old one to my studio.