I finally made some couch pillows, after deciding to switch up my current ones sometime in February. I still have a few to make but here's a good start.
First off, I decided I wanted brightly colored pillows for spring. I've been seeing some great cheerful pillows in classy houses... here's some of my faves:
From Design Sponge:
From
Bolig Magasinet:
From Itsgreattobehome on Flickr:
From
Taking Notes:
From Apartment Therapy:
And from
Project Nursery:
So, with all this inspiration to fuel me, I raided my fabric and vintage linens stash and made some pillows! Want to see...?
This was a tea towel, not very absorbent at all but very cute, by
Atelier LZC. I snatched it up at the Goodwill Outlet for $0.89/lb.
The next one is a ruffly thing inspired by this pillow from
Dixie DIY. Here's hers, in fleece:
I'm not a huge fleece fan, but I loved the simple ruffle and bright color! I had a couple yards of cheap hot pink poly taffeta that I bought when I was feeling girly. It was either $1/yard or $2/yard on clearance at JoAnn. I hemmed my ruffles, but it's pretty much the same idea:
This next one was a refashion from a Billabong purse I got at the Goodwill Outlet. I
could have sworn I took a "before" pic of this but I can't find it!!! Aaah, what is wrong with me?! Just trust me that it was once a small cotton-lined crocheted purse with a fake leather handle.
I wish I could have made it bigger but this was all I could do if I wanted it round. I still have some of the excess crocheted parts and I think I'll decorate a tee with them or something!
This next pillow was also a refashion (again I swore I took a before pic!) of a cotton ruffled miniskirt from the Goodwill Outlet. It was like an XL and kind of dated (probably circa 2005) but I loved the color and envisioned a ruffly thing like some of my inspiration images:
Inspiration:
From Country Living:
From
Linda Rodin's house, NYT:
From Design Sponge:
And from
Ruche:
So. I have several couch pillows and I have a feeling there's more to come...
