Here’s what I made at Craft Day:
The two pillowcases at the front were made from tea towels that Paul had kept for years. The one hanging over the back of the couch I bought recently from the Transport for London online shop, and is a reproduction of a poster Paul has a small print of.
I have another two tea towels to sew into pillows: one from our trip to the UK in ’05, one that we found on eBay. The three above were backed with calico, but the other two are white so I’ve bought some cotton to back them with.
They are around the size of bed pillows and I only had two spare inserts in the cupboard. Once I have all five pillows on the couch it’s going to be pretty well stacked with them!
They look great! How nice to sit on the couch and snuggle into all the cushions…ahh cozy goodness ;o)
Lol! Shhh – the cat might hear you!
Ikea has some reasonably priced feather pillows you could use!
Feather pillow, eh? Luxurious! Not sure if they’re good or bad for allergies, though…
Good idea. I have a couple of antique tea towels that my mom had stashed back, they could have been my Grandma’s for all I know. I’m thinking of somehow making them into aprons for my sister and sister-in-law.
Aprons would be great! It really depends how much you want to preserve the towels. We don’t want these towels getting stained and worn out, and that’s less likely if they’re used as pillows. Aprons are meant to get grotty, so you wouldn’t use towels that you wanted to last.