I have changed a few bits an pieces in the lounge and the pillows suddenly didn't look quite right. I had a look at getting new ones but the cost of such things is just incredible these days. So, I bought some material with the thought of recovering them and then realised I could just add to what I had as the colours were more or less ok
I decided to do a re-vamp rather than a re-place of my cushion covers.
Here's what I did...
Frugal-ness: 4/5 much cheaper than new cushions or even new covers!
Time cost: Maybe a couple of hours. I had seven pillows, each with a panel on both sides so there were fourteen panels to sew on.
Skill level: Just straight line stitching!
I decided to do a re-vamp rather than a re-place of my cushion covers.
Here's what I did...
I pulled all of the pillows out of their covers and put them in the sun to air.
I gave the current covers a wash
And then got out the materials to check the colours.
I cut a square about 3cm smaller than the actual cushion cover for each pillow.
I used a different material on each side so that I can have them all stripy or all flowers or any combination as I please when they are on the couches!
Then I ironed a hem on each square,
and pinned it to the pillow being careful to get it pinned to one side only
The I sewed each one as close the centre as possible
And this is what I ended up with,
Pillows with stripes and flowers and changeable to boot!
This is a nice cheap easy way to get a new look for your cushions. By doing a different pattern on each side, I have the opportunity to change them all to the same pattern or to have different patterns on different chairs if I want to. I'm enjoying the flexibility and the punch of colour that they put onto the couch!
Score card:
Green-ness: 4/5 I used new material - probably greener to repurpose something else or to buy some second hand material.Frugal-ness: 4/5 much cheaper than new cushions or even new covers!
Time cost: Maybe a couple of hours. I had seven pillows, each with a panel on both sides so there were fourteen panels to sew on.
Skill level: Just straight line stitching!
Fun -ness: Great fun to have a new accessory to play with!
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