Thursday, May 21, 2009

From T-shirts To Throw Pillows

My aunt, Andrea, visited a few weeks ago. She brought up a couple of her favorite old t-shirts and wanted me to make pillows out of them.


Side note: Have I mentioned "To Kill A Mockingbird" is one of my favorite books
(I know so original for a southern girl). Have I mentioned the author, Harper Lee, was a Chi Omega at The University of Alabama, and I met her during Homecoming week.


I love pillows. I used this as an opportunity to learn a new skill - making and sewing piping onto a pillow. I searched YouTube and found some great videos on how to make your own piping.





I hope you like them, Andrea. See you later this summer!

If you think you might want to try these, prep the t-shirts by ironing on some feather-weight interfacing.

6 comments:

Jody Gnant said...

So cute! I love them!

Buzzings of a Queen Bee! said...

Cool pillows! It's so neat how personalized you can make things if you know how to sew! :)
Carrie

Andrea @ The Train To Crazy said...

I had never thought of doing that. Those look great. You should sell pillows like that!!

Alana said...

Very cool!

Ann Kroeker said...

Love these--need to make some for my son who can't stand to let go of favorite old shirts.

custom t-shirts said...

Nice work. amazing stuff