Sweater Pillows

A few weeks back I picked up some sweaters at the thrift store to make pillow covers for my living room.  Then I saw Megan's tutorial on Brassy Apple and how great her pillows turned out and I started keeping my eye out for a few more that would go with my decor.  Since I finally fixed my pillow insert problem last week, it was time to cut into the pile, ironically I didn't end up using the first sweater I got for this project, it just didn't have enough character.

Ever since I started re-doing my living room, pillows have been on my mind.  The pillows were an issue on my old couch and I wanted them to tie the colors of my downstairs together.  I have a few shirts in my stash that are horrible as shirts, but the colors are perfect and will have a better life as a pillow, but it's cold outside so those shirts will have to wait.

I have a small house, and storage is always an issue, so by using the same pillow inserts, I'm only storing the covers when not in use, allowing me to change the look out with the season, holidays, etc.  This one's my favorite, I love this little chair too:

I'm loving how the textures are all different but since they are all cable knits, they work so nicely together.  I had planned on making some of the awesome flowers like Megan did, but O-man hasn't stopped playing with the pillows I'm thinking I'll make them, attach them to pins, and wait until next year to use them.

While the blue one's my favorite, I do really like the one big cable on this one:

Look down, would that sweater you're wearing look better on a couch?  Haha!

Peace be with you,