Upcycled Love
>> Friday, February 10, 2012
A couple weekends ago I decided to play with some of my most recent selvages and make this heart pillow.
Fortunately for me {not so much for my husband's wardrobe!} one of my husband's new shirts shrunk. It's 100% cotton and feels soft, maybe it's brushed cotton?
My husband's second comment on discovering the shrunken state of his new shirt was "Why don't you make something with it?" So I did.
I know you can guess his first comment!
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I enjoyed playing with the stripe selvage. I made two, 5 inch by 10 inch rectangles with 5 different selvages. I changed the positions of the selvages on each rectangle to give me 2 sets of hearts.
My husband is a pretty big guy. This was a XL dress shirt so I had no problem in cutting a big enough piece from the back of it for my pillow. I've even saved a few 5 inch charms cut from the rest of the shirt to play with on another weekend.
It was a pretty quick project to make and I really liked using the shirt front as the back of my pillow.
I think I see some more shrinking shirts in my future!
With Joy,
Sarah Vee
4 comments:
How totally clever!!! An recycled shirt would make the perfect back for a pillow since you wouldn't have to fuss with the opening - just unbutton it to put the pillow in!
Very nice Sarah. You'll have to give an opinion on the Hello Kitty dress I put in my post - pass it on or cut it up? I am inspired by you to cut it up.
that is genius... you have sew stumbled onto something... hope you send it off to some mags!
Cute pillows! Clever idea!
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