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Finally! Some couch pillows!

4.05.2010

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: