My latest FINISHED project. Incredible that I finished something!

This was in Tara on Main St. in Santa Monica. They’re having a Store Closing Sale, and Brendan was able to haggle a decent price. The base was an Indian wheat grinder. They made the pillow top for it, and I was able to make a cover for that and add the button to the middle.

I actually stuffed and covered a button that I took off of Angie’s shirt. I cut a circle out of batting from a jewelry gift box, and cut a larger circle of the matching fabric. Then I threaded the button with a long ribbon (to pull through cushion) and gather-stitched the edge of the fabric to enclose it around the button. I had to use a metal skewer to poke a hole through the whole cushion, LOL! I taped the ribbon to another skewer and fed that through. It worked! I secured the ribbon on the other side with a knot and a safety pin to keep it tufted and to allow me to take it out if I need to wash the cover. The button was decidedly too big for her shirt, but now it’s perfect for the ottoman. LOVE that!

I put in a zipper in case I need to wash it. I always have to refresh myself on how to sew a zipper, but it worked out with only one seam ripper incident. Seam Rippa’ to the rescue! I’ll skip the zipper install, but let me know if you need help with one.

Niko likes it better without the button, but she was spending too much time on it, anyway. I didn’t get a photo of her on it, unfortunately, but now, we can enjoy it, too!