Welcome everyone to 31 Days of Fall Nesting!
During the cooler months I enjoy being outside,
wearing a sweater, scarf, boots, jeans....
(photo: Pinterest)
Love all that fall brings with it.
We enjoy sitting outside, once all the chores are done, eggs have been collected, chickens have been fed...(photo: Country Living)
Cows have been milked...We just got 3 cows...which I will post pictures later...they are trying to adjust to their new home...
Photo:Pinterest
All that to say, we enjoy sitting on the back porch. Me snuggled up in a quilt trying not to freeze...I made a couple of plaid pillows for the porch out of flannel shirts.
I looked and looked for the right plaid...
I found lots of red plaids but I wanted something....
Fallish...
So I had the thought, to go get a couple of fall colored flannel shirts from the thrift store and then make pillows out of them.
I laid the shirt on the floor and straightened it out....
then decided where it should be cut
I simply cut the top and the bottom of the shirt off along with the sleeves. That left me with a rectangle so to speak. I turned it inside out (so the right sides were together) and began sewing on the edge of the fabric at the top and bottom (which will be the inside of the pillow) .
Next I turned the shirt inside out again, unbuttoned it, stuffed it and then buttoned it closed.
The buttons are on the backside of the pillow...
it made making the pillow easy because I didn't have to sew it closed...
I've made a few now....I even stalked my hubby's closet to see if there were some plaid shirts I had overlooked.
I don't know...I might want to make a skirt, or a pair of pants....
Just kidding!
Blessings,
Debbie
6 comments:
What a great idea! I love the colors you have chosen. What a find at the thrift store. Blessings~Sara
Love your flannel pillows! What a great idea, the red and black would look great for Christmas.
Debbie what a great idea; plus using the buttons as closure! Love the fall colors with the charcoal grey! You have inspired me!
I do hope you will enter my Giveaway of Velvet Pumpkins from Love Fest!
Xoxo
Karena
Art by Karena
What a cute idea! I love your 31 series! It is so cold here today.....so I totally needed this post!
Have a blessed and wonderful day!
karianne
That's a great idea! I'm going to have to go searching in my hubs closet now!
I got on! I tried clicking on your blog name instead of the post title and that worked! I hated knowing there was a post waiting fo me to read but I couldn't get to it!
Well I just love these flannel pillow idea and I love the thought of cozying up on the porch in a quilt! 3 cows, huh? You will be BUSY! Enjoy! ♥
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