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When I met my Youngest Younger Sister in Philadelphia over Memorial Day weekend, she brought me something she had been promising to mail me for a while, but never got around to it.
It was this sweater.
A nice little purple cotton zippered hoodie that she got from American Eagle.
She gave it to me because it was ruined with two or three of these:
Basically she gave it to me because it had a really nice metal zipper and she knew I'd enjoy ripping the zipper out and using it for something else.
But when I ripped the zipper out, I felt kind of guilty just throwing the rest of the holey sweater away.
With Toni Janome, and this pattern in mind, along with a few scraps of fabric from my stash, I made Youngest Younger Sister this:
A little birdie pillow.
I used a coordinating fat quarter I had in my stash for the back of the pillow.
All I did was applique a birdie out of some scraps on the back of the sweater. Then I cut out a decent sized square from the back of the sweater (I left the bottom ribbing in because I thought it gave an interesting effect. Maybe it looks like grass...and the birdie is floating over it...ha ha!).
Then I just sewed an identical sized square of the aforementioned fat quarter onto the back, stuffed it, and sewed it shut.
(But seriously, who doesn't know how to make a pillow in theory at least?)
I'm really pleased with the way it turned out. The pillow could use to be a bit fluffier, but I ran out of stuffing!
Now, just as she kept forgetting to mail me down the sweater, I need to remind myself to mail her up the pillow!
It was this sweater.
A nice little purple cotton zippered hoodie that she got from American Eagle.
She gave it to me because it was ruined with two or three of these:
Basically she gave it to me because it had a really nice metal zipper and she knew I'd enjoy ripping the zipper out and using it for something else.
But when I ripped the zipper out, I felt kind of guilty just throwing the rest of the holey sweater away.
With Toni Janome, and this pattern in mind, along with a few scraps of fabric from my stash, I made Youngest Younger Sister this:
A little birdie pillow.
I used a coordinating fat quarter I had in my stash for the back of the pillow.
All I did was applique a birdie out of some scraps on the back of the sweater. Then I cut out a decent sized square from the back of the sweater (I left the bottom ribbing in because I thought it gave an interesting effect. Maybe it looks like grass...and the birdie is floating over it...ha ha!).
Then I just sewed an identical sized square of the aforementioned fat quarter onto the back, stuffed it, and sewed it shut.
(But seriously, who doesn't know how to make a pillow in theory at least?)
I'm really pleased with the way it turned out. The pillow could use to be a bit fluffier, but I ran out of stuffing!
Now, just as she kept forgetting to mail me down the sweater, I need to remind myself to mail her up the pillow!
posted by Bezzie at 4:43 AM
13 Comments:
great pillow and very resourceful of you!
i love the bird applique.
That is SO cute! I love random throw pillows :-) And, dude, get out of my head with the sewing... On a whim yesterday I took my machine out, grabbed a couple of fat quarters, and made myself a project bag. Now I want to take the two felted sweaters I've been saving, waiting for inspiration, and make throw pillows out of them.
Very cute pillow!
Cute birdie. Goes with the leaf pattern on the back :0) Excellent job.
Oh wow, is that cute, and very clever!
That birdie pillow is really cute! It will go nice with her chair!
Love, Mom
Super! What a good sister. I started using a king size soft filled bed pillow. They were 2 for $7 at Costco. It's been 3 yrs on the same one so far, it seems to be as nice as the fabric store bags.
Seven
Totally cute and great upcycle. Gotta say, it looks better as a pillow!
What a clever idea. The bird is cute and the sweater gets a whole new life. I once made a pillow out of a favorite t shirt because it got ripped beyond repair and I didn't want to part with it.
Toni Janome is a helpful friend.
'Put a bird on it' - it's ART!!! Love the pillow, it's adorable.
lovely upcycling!
That's just adorable!
beautiful made...
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