Ok, so I've made 5 new pillows so far for the living room. This is my beloved orange sofa. I don't think I could live without it. Seeing that it sees SO many heads, butts, and naps, I needed some sturdy pillows along with some decorative ones.
Love picked out some gorgeous deep brown cotton that has a slight sheen to it, so I made two pillows of solid brown cotton. Then I made two pillows with solid tan flannel. These are most likely going to get the bulk of the use.
The decorative pillow that I started with was the one from the Martha Stewart website tutorial. I am REALLY not one for following the directions, but I DID! I followed the directions just like it said, and this pillow will most likely not hold up to any possible use. Apparently, it is decorative only. My problem was that when I stuffed it, the more filling I used, the more the "pinches" came out of it and no longer had the deep creases I'd created. It still looks nice, but it isn't going to be one that will stand up to any sort of butt shuffling or drool.
I plan on trying the Cathedral Window pattern to make another solid brown decorative pillow for the sofa and I have a long narrow pillow I'm making with the brown and a slight gold patterned fabric in a colorblock. In the end, there will be TONS of comfy pillows.
