chocolate: Let’s Throw Some Pillows Into The Mix

I thought that I would use this weekend to put together some pillows as part of my living room redo.

I had bought this great large-sized lumbar pillow on sale at Joann’s {originally $24.99 on sale for $10.99}, and I had two smaller existing accent pillows from my sofa. I decided to use the black and white chandelier curtain panel I got at Goodwill {for $2.99} a few months ago for the lumbar pillow. For the two smaller pillows I decided to go with something else.

Karen at The Graphics Fairy offers free images for anyone to use in their projects and this time I decided to use a couple and make them iron-on transfers to be used for the two accent pillows I had. I chose these graphics to work with.

I haven’t used iron-on transfers in I don’t know how long and even then they were already prepared for me. I just had to iron them on. I bought iron-on transfer paper at Michaels and with no clear directions on which side to use, just kept my fingers crossed that I had printed in mirror image on the right side. {Note: This no-name brand is crap; try and get Avery or one of the better known names}.

I decided to use a remnant of canvas fabric I had gotten at Joann’s {love their remnant bins} that had a tea-stained look to it, but chose a red and white toile that I already had for the backside. This way I get two pillows in one! Maybe in the Winter I’ll want the red and white toile as a warmer look and in the Spring/Summer I’ll use the canvas side for its lightness.

Because I just couldn’t stop torturing myself, I made the little guy below and stuffed it with fiberfil. I put a robins egg blue colored piece of sample fabric I had on the back of this one.

I still have to sew them closed, but wanted to get pictures in daylight. I’m pretty happy with them!

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