Pillow Recover

They started out looking like this. Green with stripes and pink with stripes. Old, passed down and in need of a change.

Enter some leftover fabric from this stool makeover post. Nice and soft and comfy...  Here I used the fabric's own bound edge for fringe. Then I added another layer by cutting fringe from another edge of the fabric and sewing together.

Before and after.

Here they are posed on the couch. This is the unrealistic perfectly poised moment before boys. dog. baby. life. joy. happens! The browns and tans match the rug perfectly, along with the tan flecks in the couch upholstery (that desperately needs a slipcover).

The striped pillows are two that I did last fall, but they didn't fit the inserted pillows as well as I wanted, so I just snugged them up a bit. Also, you can see here that I used the same fold-over pocket method for the pillow case closure on both pillows. On the brown pillow the opening is disguised in the front with the fringe. For the striped pillow, I turn the opening to the back. It is so easy to whip the covers off and throw them in the wash - no zippers, velcro, or buttons.

Now for the parting shots. I wanted to unrealistically and perfectly pose the pillows here too, but the dog. part of life already beat me to the scene.

As you can see, I was getting the look and she wasn't about to budge! I suppose when you're a senior citizen in doggie years, you've earned having it your way once in a while!

I'm  linking up to

Sew Much Ado's We Did It Wednesday


 

Somewhat Simple's Strut Your Stuff Thursday