Color Pop Pillow

A Refashion of a Sweater to a Pillow

I found this sweater at Value Village.

It has a cool pattern and it is bright, so bright I had a lot of trouble getting good pictures because it was so glaring.  I knew I wanted to do something fun with it. For Christmas my daughter got a new duvet for her bed, so I thought why not make a pillow to match her new duvet.


I started by adding fusible interfacing to the inside of the sweater where I wanted to  add the design.

Then I drew out my simple design on the interfacing. With the embroidery thread that I chose, I made a back stitch around all my lines.

I flipped it over so the pattern was showing. I made a satin stitch around all of the back stitches following the pattern. This fabric was very hard to work with for the satin stitch even with the interfacing, if I do this again I'm sure I will use a different stitch. For the last "stem" I used the fish tail stitch to give it a different look.

When I was done with the embroidery design, I straightened out the sweater and marked out a 16 1/2 by 16 1/2 inch square. I cut the the square out, then used my sewing machine to sew up 3 of the sides with the design facing in. I stuffed the pillow with fiber fill. To finish it off, I ladder stitched the opening closed. 

My Daughter loves her new pillow. She calls it her reading pillow. She says that it is perfect for leaning back on for reading a good book. I hope this brings you inspiration to think outside the box, when looking at clothes with patterns. Maybe they are not something you would wear, but they might serve another purpose.

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This is a pretty little design that can add some impact to your front door or entry way. I made a simple diagram for the filet part, and it is also written out. Basic stitches that you need to know to completely finish the project are: ch st, dc, sc, shell st, sl st, and fdc. 

You do not have to use embroidery floss for the flowers, left over size 10 crochet thread works great too. 

Also I left it out in the rain one day, and it re-dried misshaped, so it would be advisable to keep it dry once it is hardened.

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Spring Welcome Sign Pattern

Yarn: size 10 crochet thread

Hook: steel hook 8

Notions: embroidery floss colors yellow, green, brown and light blue, embroidery needle, starch, and colorful ribbon. 
Notes:  A mesh consists of a dc, ch 2, dc. A block consists of 4 dc. The end of a mesh is the start of a block so if you make a mesh it would be dc, ch 2 sk 2 stitches and dc. A block would be the dc just made plus 2 dc in the ch spaces or 2 dcs, dc in next dc. (I'm pretty sure I just confused you more.)

Written Instructions

Row 1: ch 50, dc in 8^th  ch from hook, *ch 2, skip 2 ch dc in next ch* repeat to end. 15 mesh

Row 2 and 3: make 15 mesh

Row 4 and 5: 2 mesh, 11 blocks, 2 mesh

Row 6: 10 mesh, 2 blocks, 3 mesh

Row 7: 4 mesh, 2 blocks, 9 mesh

Row 8: 6 mesh, 4 blocks, 5 mesh

Row 9: 4 mesh, 2 blocks, 9 mesh

Row 10: 10 mesh, 2 blocks, 3 mesh

Row 11 and 12: 2 mesh, 11 blocks, 2 mesh

Row 13: 15 mesh

Row 14: 6 mesh, 7 blocks, 2 mesh

Row 15: 2 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh, 1 block, 6 mesh

Row 16: 6 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh

Row 17: 2 mesh, 1 block, 5 mesh, 1 block, 6 mesh

Row 18: 6 mesh, 1 block, 5 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh

Row 19: 15 mesh

Row: 20 and 21: 2 mesh, 11 blocks, 2 mesh

Row 22: 15 mesh

Row 23: 2 mesh , 7 blocks, 6 mesh

Row24: 6 mesh, 1 block, 5 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh

Row 25: 2 mesh, 1 block, 5 mesh, 1 block, 6 mesh

Row: 26: repeat row 24

Row 27: 2 mesh, 2 blocks, 3 mesh, 2 blocks, 6 mesh

Row 28: 15 mesh

Row 29: 2 mesh, 7 blocks, 6 mesh

Row 30: 6 mesh, 1 block, 5 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh

Row 31: 2 mesh, 1 block, 5 mesh, 1 block, 6 mesh

Row 32: repeat row 30

Row 33: repeat row 29

Row 34: 15 mesh

Row 35: repeat row 29

Row 36: 7 mesh, 1 block, 7 mesh

Row 37: 5 mesh, 2 blocks, 8 mesh

Row 38: repeat row 36

Row 39: repeat row 29

Row 40: 15 mesh

Row 41: repeat row 29

Row 42: 6 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh

Row 43: 2 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh, 1 block, 6 mesh

Row 44: 6 mesh, 1 block, 5 mesh, 1 block, 2 mesh

Row 45: 2 mesh, 1 block, 5 mesh, 1 block, 6 mesh

Row 46 and 47: 15 mesh

Edging:

Row 1: with right side facing join at bottom corner under the “w” skipping 2 meshes, (2 sc in next mesh, *sc in st, 2 sc in mesh*, repeat 2 times for a total of 8 sc in group, ch 5, skip 1 mesh,) repeat ( to ) till corner, in corner space 2 dc, ch 3 2dc, ch 5 skip 1 mesh, then continue repeat till next corner. End row with a ch 5, sl st into starting sc.

Row 2: sl st into next 2 sc ch 1 sc in same stitch and next 3 sc,* skip 2 sc, ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc  (shell st. just made) in ch loop, ch 3, skip 2 sc sc in next 4 sc* repeat till corner, at corner ch 7, 2 dc in 5ch loop, ch 2, 2 dc in 3ch loop, ch 2, 2 dc in 5ch loop, ch 7, skip 2 sc sc in next 4 sc, start repeat till next corner, finish with a ch 7, sl st into beginning sc.

Row 3: sl st into next 2 sc, ch 1, *sc in same st, and next 1, ch 3, picot, ch 3, dc in center of shell, picot, dc in same st, ch 3, picot, ch 3,* continue till corner in each corner dc picot dc in each loop, till corner is rounded, continue repeat till next corner. Finish with ch 3, sl st into beginning sc.

Big Flower: (make 3, 1 skein of floss makes one flower)

With brown, make an adjustable loop, make 7 sc in loop, pull tight and sl st into beginning sc, ch 2 sc in same st, and in each sc around for 14 sc total,

Petels: change color to yellow joining with *ch 3, make 6 fdc, 3 dc in last fdc made making a turn, 1 dc in each fdc ch, sl st into next 2 sc of round 2,* repeat till you have 7 petals.

Leaf: (make 4 to 6, 1 skein of floss makes 3 leaves) 

ch 9, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, and next 2, hdc in next ch dc in next 2 dc, sc in next 2 ch, 3 sc in last ch making a turn, sc in next sc, dc in next 2 dc, hdc, in hdc, sc in each sc. Finish off.

Small flower: 

Make adjustable ring, in ring make* sc, 2 dc, sc* repeat 3 times. Pull ring tight.  Finish off.

Attach flowers and leafs in a pretty fashion.

Starch sign till hardened, and add ribbons if wanted.

(I found that leaving it out in the rain was not a good idea.)

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