I had bought 2 new throw pillows to go with my Scottish Christmas theme this year. They were looking rather lonely perched on the sofa so I got this great idea to knit some "go with" pillows. That was simply taking too long on my schedule even with bulky yarn and big needles.
After seeing someone's smart idea to repurpose old sweaters for Christmas stocking, I had the answer. I stopped by the local thrift store and picked up some used sweaters to repurpose for my sofa.
Add in some plaid and stuffing and here you are:
Pillow on the right is purchased and the other two are made from sweaters.
This was an ornate holiday sweater. I stitched and clipped arount the beadwork at the neck and placed in on the bottom of the back of the sweater and stiched it down.. I celery ruffle serged the outside edges while squaring it up. I folded it in half with wrong sides together then fancy topstiched three sides about 1 to 1 1/2 inches from the edges leaving a 4 inch opening. I stuffed it with soft stuffing and topstiched the opening.
The grey pillow is made from a man's sweater and edges with some cording I covered in red plaid and backed with a green plaid. I used brown leather buttons in the centers of the fronts and backs.
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