There’s no point in getting new furniture around here because it will only get over-loved by the kids, so I decided to make some new throw pillows.
I wanted to find fabric that would lend itself well to a patchwork pillow design so I went with this Marimekko fabric from Reprodepot. Seems that it’s longer available there, but you can find it and all the other incredibly cool fabrics on the Marimekko site here. This is a pattern from the ’60s and I chose it because I needed blue, but I’m thinking it looks a bit like I pulled it off a dorm room wall. Can you smell the patchouli? Or maybe the colors make it look kind of nautical. Perhaps I should have mixed in some other fabrics. Anyway, I’m just not sure about these pillows. I’m going to try to make some more pillows to add to the room and see how it goes. Thought I might try Amy Butler‘s hourglass pillow pattern (available free on her site).
The blue and white look great! I am in the same predicament with ‘Why bother with new couches…we have kids’. I keep putting pillow covers on my to do list so mabye I will finally tackle them today. Or tommorrow. Or at least very very soon. 🙂 Yours do look very nice.
My first thought was what beautiful fabric, and then I read that it was merrimekko and went “of course”! I love that stuff. Gorgeous pillows, I very jealous. Blue and white are my faves.
These are beautiful, not dorm room at all. Definitely a keeper. They look great.