Wedding Blog

Like the flower girl basket, the ring bearer pillow started off plain.

I bought white satin fabric and conjured up a small pillow using some fiberfill I had laying around. I then tied a ribbon around it and added some keychains. Keychains, you ask? I didn’t want the boys carrying the real rings, just in case there was a mutiny and all of them refused to walk. The craft store had some fake rings in the wedding section, but keychains were a bit bigger (so you can see them easier) and a lot cheaper (a bag for 99 cents vs. $3.99 for the fake wedding rings).

the basket and pillow before I damaskified them

But again I had a reason to use the excess damask fabric.

Step One: I cut a length of fabric that would fit around the pillow (plus some slack).

Step Two: I pinned the long edges of the fabric, ready to be hemmed using a blind hem.

This is a great project to do while watching reruns of “Project Runway”.

Step Three: Hemming time. My least favorite step. Remember to iron afterward to flatten it down.

Step Four: I folded the fabric in half and pinned the unhemmed edges, right sides together.

Step Five: I then sewed this edge. Make sure to not make it too tight around the pillow. I started loose and then kept sewing until I got a fit I liked.

If you look close, you can see two different seams from where I decided that it needed to be tighter.

Step Six: I trimmed the fabric close to the seam, so there wouldn’t be a bulge when I turned it right-side-out.

Step Seven: Then I just slid the fabric sleeve around the pillow and added the ribbon with the keychains on top.

And here is the completed basket and pillow together!

How did you customize your ring bearer/flower girl accessories to match your wedding?