Can You Have Too Many Pillows?

Personally, I don't think so! Today I'd like to show you one of my recent projects. A group of three pillows made for Robin, a follower of Beyond the Screen Door.

Robin asked me to make new pillows for her family room with the color scheme being deep red, gold and black. I made 2-24x24" zebra pillows with double 5" ruffles. One ruffle in red, one in black. And a 20x26" accent pillow in a patchwork style.

The accent pillow began with an upholstery weight, paisley tapestry as the center, an embroidered vine pattern for the ends, a black and tan houndstooth, a black, red & tan stripe for the ruffled ends and a solid burgundy for the back. A flat braid trim was added as well. One of my favorite details is the tiny 1/2" burgundy ruffle across the top and bottom of the tapestry center.

Here you can see the detail of the red and black ruffles. Even though the ruffle fabrics are solids, they both have a tone-on-tone pattern to add interest. The zebra pillows can be displayed with the black ruffle to the front as well.

Robin may choose to use the pillows across her sofa like this or divide them up around her living room. Each pillow is made with a feather insert. For the center pillow, I used a king size feather bed pillow (20x36") but made the pillow cover 20x26". It's easy to do this with feather inserts and it creates a much firmer pillow. 

You may remember these two pillows Robin ordered a few months ago.  They reside on the barstools in her adjoining kitchen.

So sorry for the quality of the first few pictures. I had already boxed up and shipped Robin's pillows before I took a look at my pictures! Oh, well!

I hope these inspire you to try some fun and creative pillows in your space! Try mixing up your fabrics and patterns. The More the Merrier!

  Blessings!

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