Floor cushions

 I haven't been able to post in forever since it seems like it has taken me forever to finish my set of 6 floor cushions. 
They are made just from stuff that I had around.  I don't really buy fabric unless it is used or given to me so this is made up from thrift store, garage sale, and free cycled finds.  Even the zippers.  Anyway, without further adieu, I would like to show you. 

Here is the tops.  The patterned fabric is from a garage sale.  I only had a small piece that I hoped to get 2 pillows out of but I am glad I let it sit and marinate in my mind until I came up with this project.  Now it's on 6 pillows!

 Tea party?  This is completely staged, if you can't already tell. :-P 

Anyway, the blue fabric I received from someone on freecycle and the pale yellow was from a shalwar kameez pants that I was using as pj's.  I took them completely apart and doubled up the yellow because it's a pretty thin fabric.  Finally the foam was from some floor cushions that I used in a previous project.  I drew a circle, traced that circle onto the foam and went at it with a knife. 

 Since I used that I had around, one cushion has 2 zippers that close in the middle instead of a single zipper closing to one side like the cushion below.

 Zipper closes on one side.

And the pièce de résistance!  They are stacking, perfect for small places but still decorating enough to be a piece of art on their own.  :-) 
This picture is a vintage craft project where you are to make the picture filled in with yarn.  So all over the design there are letter and number combinations meant to be a "color by number" sort of thing.

I absolutely love how this project came out and I hope you do to.  :-) 

Leave a comment and let me know what you think :-D

Here is the before cushions.  That time I did actually purchase the fabric.  I now regret doing that, but in my defense, I haven't built up the fabric stock I currently have.  On the up side.  The fabric I have from these are currently on use on another project which will be to come.



 Going after the foam with a knife.  It definitely was a stress relieving activity.