I've had a couple of plain white Ikea pillows stored in vacuum bags for at least three years, maybe longer. My daughter gave them to me and I did use them for a while but they were pretty boring really so I stored them away getting them out every now and then thinking I would put them in the charity bag, but couldn't quite bring myself to.
Then I had a thought, (I do occasionally have a good idea). I could crochet a pillow front :-)
And best of all, it wouldn't cost me anything because I had plenty of Stylecraft sitting there taking up space.
I found a tutorial for the pom pom edging on you tube, I think it was a Bella Cocoa tutorial and I love it!
The second one is a bit more muted but again all yarn is from stash.
I think this one needs pom poms too but Mark said it looks ok without, what do you think?
shall I add some pom poms? maybe on the corners?
A bit miss matched but that's ok for where they will be...more about that next time
The back of both cushions look like this
I sewed the crochet front to the pillow cover by hand because I thought it would be easier than using the machine, and it was.
It was one of those projects that just worked and turned out, (for once) how I had seen it in my mind.
Don't you just love it when that happens :-)
Until next time
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