Pillow Talk

This week has been a week of pillow-making. I posted recently about the new linen pillows I made for our couch---made from "upcycled" pillow stuffing from the not-so-pretty pillows that I replaced & covered with beautiful coffee-colored napkins-turned-pillow-covers...it may sound strange, but they actually turned out quite lovely. You can view them by going here.

At the beginning of the week I was getting a little bored, and after looking around my living room I decided to take an Americana themed pillow and recover it. I have been slowly but surely transitioning from the red, white & blues that formerly roamed my house to a more neutral color scheme. I have been falling in love with the rustic texture of burlap and decided to use a bit that I had laying around to cover my "new" pillow. It was a simple project and was just what my lazy afternoon needed. I machine sewed a few seams here, added a bit of lace accent there & finished up with hand-sewing on a few vintage white buttons. In no time at all my pillow was complete! It will need to be washed a few times to soften up a bit, but it looks just lovely. I am so happy to have a new pillow cover...and I didn't have to go out and buy anything either to make it! Thank goodness for a craft room full of little bits of this and that to help pull a project together! ;

Blessings!

My beautiful new pillow!

Done Right

As the saying goes...if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. And, if you're on a budget this saying is even more relevant. If you want something done right (& cheap) you really have to do it yourself. As my quest continues to make our house into a home I have come across many a project that I have completed all on my own. My latest challenge - changing out the drab red pillows that used to be on our couch for some nice khaki or cream linen ones.

I searched all over the internet, and in stores too, but I just couldn't find what I wanted for the price that I needed. So, I adhered to the above phrase and just did it myself---with a little creative ingenuity of course. I saw some some linen napkins at Target for $14.99 for a set of 4, and right away I could envision these on my couch...



...aren't they beautiful?!!!


After ripping out the stuffing from those ugly red pillows, I re-stuffed it into some pillow inserts that I made with some extra fabric I had laying around. Then all I had to do was iron the linen "napkins" and sew them together, right sides out---with the pillow insert tucked snugly inside. They turned out just as I envisioned, and their upcycled stuffing lumpiness just add to their character. Another job done well---and done right! Thriftiness at its best!